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.wicharterschools.org/conf.2007.main.cfm
The 7th Annual Wisconsin Charter Schools Conference will be held April 15-17 at the Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha. The conference will kick off on Sunday, April 15 with a free Charter Schools Fair. The fair is a celebration of charter schools in Wisconsin that is open to the public from 1 – 4 p.m. Charter schools from across the state will celebrate students' achievements through demonstrations, performances, and displays. The conference continues on Monday and Tuesday with 45 concurrent sessions and presentations from several speakers, including Morgan Brown, Assistant Deputy Secretary of U.S. Department of Education, Janice Ereth, Special Advisor to Children’s Research Center and Todd Ziebarth, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. For more information see the Wisconsin Charter Schools Association website or call 608-661-6946.
Date: 2006
Source: Wisconsin Charter Schools Association
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