Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120303:16:02:00
Schools now. and the truth is it not all public schools are failing and not all charter schools are succeeding. in fact, a 2009 report by stanford university found the following -- 17% of charter schools reported academic gains that were significantly better than traditional schools. 17%. and the same study found that just 37% of charter schools showed gains that were worse than their traditional public school counterparts. and 46% of charter schools showed no significant difference. that's almost half. now, my goal in using these statistics is not to say that there isn't merit in charter scho...