On average, the funding gap between charter schools and traditional schools is 22 percent, or $1,800 per pupil. The average charter school ends up with a total funding shortfall of nearly half a million dollars.
Source: Charter School Funding: Inequity’s Next Frontier
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New York City Charter Schools Outperform Other Public Schools in Math
New York City charter schools outperformed other NYC public schools on math tests, according to the latest state assessment results. Seventy-four percent of city charter students scored proficient on the state math test, up from 66 percent last year. Citywide, 65 percent of students scored proficient, up from 57 percent last year. Mayor Bloomberg and the city schools chancellor, Joel Klein, applauded the results. "The charter school model is working in New York City," Klein said.
Source: New York Sun, (06/18/2007)
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Charter Middle and High Schools Perform Better than Other Public Schools in California
Researchers have found that charter middle and high school students in California scored higher on state tests than their traditional public school peers, even after factoring in school and student characteristics. Charter elementary schools, however, lagged behind. After adjusting for student background and school size, researchers found charter middle schools scored an average of 41 points higher than traditional public middle schools on California's Academic Performance Index (API), an 800-point scale that reflects a school's performance on standardized tests. Charter high schools scored about 14.6 points higher on the API than traditional high schools. Charter elementary schools however scored 9 points lower than traditional elementary schools. Charter schools that were run by management organizations, such as KIPP and Green Dot, scored 40 points higher than non-member charters.
Source: Oakland Tribune, (06/17/2007)
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Successful Ohio District School Converts to Charter Status in Order to Remain Open
Dayton Early College Academy, a celebrated public high school in Dayton, Ohio, will convert to charter status this coming school year and operate under the control of the University of Dayton. The district's budget cut of $30 million had threatened to close the school. School leaders hope that converting to charter status will allow the school to maintain its successful model for drawing struggling and average students into accelerated classes and sending graduates to college. "I think it's a model that represents real potential for other urban districts to look at," said Thomas J. Lasley II, the Dean of the School of Education at the university and a founder of the academy. "We still think it's too early to tell, but if a large percentage of these kids stay in college, I'm going to run the victory flag up the flagpole."
Source: New York Times (free registration required), (06/17/2007)
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L.A. Charter High Schools Celebrate Graduates' Successes
California's maturing charter school sector is bearing fruit. One half of Los Angeles charter high schools graduated a senior class for the first time this spring. Despite economic and social disadvantages, most of the charter grads will be enrolling in college this coming fall. For example, Discovery Charter Preparatory School is sending almost two-thirds of its 70 seniors to four-year colleges. (Ninety-nine percent of Discovery's students are on free-and-reduced lunch; 59 percent are English language learners and 96 percent are Latino.) Charter leaders said the graduation successes add more evidence that their schools offer opportunities to students who would have otherwise fallen through the cracks at traditional L.A. district schools.
Source: Los Angeles Daily News, (06/17/2007)
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Colorado Charters Receive $20 Million Federal Grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Colorado more than $20 million to help foster the development of more charter schools. Colorado is one of 10 states to receive one of the competitive grants under the department's Public Charter Schools Program. The program supports states' efforts to plan, design, implement and disseminate information about charter schools. State Senator Nancy Spence said the $20 million is a real boost to Colorado's charter effort. In a news release, U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings applauded the efforts of charter schools. "As I've traveled around the country, I've had a chance to visit many charter schools. These schools are breaking apart the myth that some children can't learn,” she said.
Source: Hispania News, (06/15/2007)
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Mosaica Education Recognized as One of Nation's Fastest Growing Urban Businesses
In a recent awards ceremony, Inc. magazine and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City recognized America's fastest-growing urban businesses, including Mosaica Education, through the annual Inner City 100 list. Mosaica currently operates 90 charter school programs in eight states, the District of Columbia, and the Middle East serving over 18,000 students. This is the fourth year in a row that Mosaica has been recognized by the Inner City 100 list. The company was also awarded the inaugural 2007 Inner City Impact Award in recognition of its significant contributions to the urban communities where it operates.
Source: Inc. Magazine, (06/11/2007)
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Australian Teacher Unions Angry at Charter School Proposal
Under a new proposal recently outlined by Australian Education Minister Julie Bishop, charter schools could be established for the first time in the country. The proposal would allow these new public schools to operate with increased autonomy and secure corporate sponsorships. Bishop stressed that such schools would improve the employability of public school graduates. Teacher union leaders, however, responded that such schools would churn out students with a "skill set for McDonald's." Opposition education spokesman Stephen Smith said he was not opposed to greater industry involvement in education, describing it as "sensible and important."
Source: The Australian, (06/07/2007)
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