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.usc.edu/dept/education/cegov/publications/Final_charter_schools.pdf
Partnering with other organizations can provide charter schools with important financial, human, physical, and organizational resources. This guide offers a variety of lessons learned by over 20 charter schools across the nation about how to form and sustain mutually beneficial partnerships with nonprofit, for-profit and public organizations. It walks charter developers through critical issues and challenges and offers a series of recommendations, including details about the following eight lessons that create the structure of the guide. (1) Weigh the costs and benefits of partnering. (2) Do your homework and choose your partner well. (3) Clearly define the partnership. (4) Create structures for partnership. (5) Leverage your resources; create new ones. (6) Be flexible and prepare for compromise. (7) Check your progress. (8) Lead. The authors caution charter school developers and leaders to choose their partnering opportunities cautiously.
Date: 2005
Source: University of Southern California
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