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.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/09/05/02hill.h27.html
In this article, Paul Hill, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington, explains why the choice movement, despite its tremendous potential, is moving so slowly. He finds that schools of choice have had a tougher time than expected finding leaders and teachers, getting the funds they need to be run effectively, proving that their programs work, and creating stable parent clienteles. He suggests some strategies to ease the process, including: forming partnerships between and among charter associations and business schools to identify better ways to attract teachers and manage staff turnover in schools of choice; building oversight capacity in charter and traditional school systems; and experimenting with new forms of charter management organization that cost less and rely more on existing financial-services and staff-training organizations.
Date: 2007
Source: Center on Reinventing Public Education, Education Week on the Web
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