Twelve studies find that overall gains in charter schools are larger than other public schools; four find charter schools’ gains higher in certain significant categories of schools; six find comparable gains; and, four find that charter schools’ overall gains lagged behind traditional schools.
Source: Charter School Achievement: What We Know, July 2005 Update
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http://www.educationevolving.org/pdf/TPPs.pdf
This document explores a new way to think about the role of teachers in school -- teachers as "owners" of the school. Other professionals, like lawyers and doctors, routinely own their practices. They make decisions about hiring, dismissals, pay, and the work of the practice. This document asks: "Why not teachers?" More and more schools are forming around this idea, and this document explains the concept.
Date: 2004
Source: Education Evolving
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