Charter schools do things that all Democrats say they support
And yet the party has turned against them | United States
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And yet the party has turned against them | United States
Nina Rees wasn’t the first person to lead the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. But her tenure witnessed the sector’s largest growth as well as some of the harshest attacks from critics who see charters as a threat to traditional public schools. Her announcement last month to leave the position she’s held since 2012 […]
It's misleading to suggest that a recent head-to-head comparison of standardized test results of public schools and their charter "twins" revealed a meaningful performance advantage by charter school students.
Major new study of charter schools find they have a test-score edge, though the impact is small.
Research, released in June, concluded that charter schools outperform district schools on both reading and math exams. The results have drawn significant attention.