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/news/urbanedfall_winter05/Empowering%20Teachers%20and%20Parents%20with%20Charter%20Schools.pdf
This article, written by Caprice Young, former Los Angeles Unified School District board president and current CEO of the California Charter Schools Association, details how less regulation and more accountability in the charter school model has led to increased student achievement in urban areas. She documents how California's charter schools are relieving overcrowding, providing small, safe, and high-achieving learning alternatives, and keeping public school teachers and administrators engaged in the teaching profession. She discusses how charter and university leaders are collaborating on developing high quality education options serving inner city and other historically disadvantaged students. If the charter model can be replicated throughout the whole system, she believes that all public school children will succeed.
Date: 2006
Source: USC Rossier School of Education
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