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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In this new book, author David Whitman takes readers inside six highly effective urban secondary schools where disadvantaged teens make enormous gains in academic achievement. Whitman focuses on six schools that represent different forms of what he terms a paternalistic approach -- programs designed to teach young people how to act according to traditional, middle-class values, to set and enforce exacting academic standards, and to closely supervise student behavior. Readers will learn about what works inside several schools, including: the American Indian Public Charter School in Oakland, California; the Amistad Academy in New Haven, Connecticut; the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, Illinois; the KIPP Academy in New York's South Bronx; the District of Columbia's SEED Public Charter School; and the University Park Campus School in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Date: 2008
Source: Thomas B. Fordham Institute
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