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.centerii.org/restructuring/resources/Turnarounds-BlackWhite.pdf
Under the No Child Left Behind Act, schools that have had inadequate progress for five years are required to restructure. Converting to a charter school is one of the significant reforms that leaders can pursue. This paper reviews the considerable literature from the business, nonprofit, government, and education sectors on what factors make turnarounds most likely to succeed, including the actions turnaround leaders take and the environment in which they work.
Date: 2007
Source: Public Impact
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