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.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20070910&s=tisserand
The September 10 issue of The Nation profiles the state of public education in post-Katrina New Orleans. The author finds that "the option to charter is often seen as necessary to getting a neighborhood back on its feet." He interviews both conservatives and progressives who see chartering as a way to rebuild New Orleans and to improve the educational opportunities for the city's public school children.
Date: 2007
Source: The Nation
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