Devorah Davis News Today

Can we stop fighting about charter schools? The real question for Democrats is how to get every child a good education.  By Eve L. Ewing Text size Copy shortlink: As an education researcher, a writer and a former teacher, Ive had the opportunity to talk with people all over the country about public schools. And wherever I go, theres one question I can usually count on being asked: "What do you think about charter schools?" I know people want...

paper, Devora H. Davis and Margaret E. Raymond of Stanford found that “charter school quality is uneven across student demography and geography,” and only 19 percent of charter schools outperform their noncharter peers in math and reading. Of course, for the students attending that 19 percent, these effects can be life-changing. But unfortunately, as Ms. Davis and Ms. Raymond write, “media attention toward charter schools tends to either demonize or canonize their practices, and data is r...