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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The 5th Annual Georgia Charter Schools Conference will be held January 25-26 at the Loudermilk Conference Center in Atlanta. A "Career Readiness for a 21st Century Workforce" will be one of the leading conference strands. Lydia Logon, Senior Director for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW) will lead a session entitled, "Business Community Cites Need to Improve Education." That session will focus on the need of the nation’s public school system to "focus more strongly on improving curricula, academic expectations, and performance measures to ensure students are prepared for postsecondary education and the workforce." In addition to more than the 30+ sessions tailored for charter school faculty, leaders, and advocates, the conference offers networking opportunities with other charter school supporters and the availability to speak with conference exhibitors and sponsors.
Date: 2006
Source: Georgia Charter Schools Association
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