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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Drawing from a six-state survey, this report finds, like traditional public school principals, public charter school directors often come to their positions from other jobs in education and with training from schools of education. Public charter school leaders, however, tend to be younger and newer to leadership positions; many have only a few years of experience in school administration. To meet the needs of public charter school directors, the authors call for a comprehensive pre-service and in-service training and support system. Their recommendations include: national organizations should expand public charter-specific training programs and support meaningful internships; states and cities should provide peer-mentoring opportunities that will allow new leaders to learn from the experienced; at the school level, directors should distribute certain administrative responsibilities, either with others in the school or through participation in management organizations; and public charter boards should prepare their schools to survive future leadership transitions.
Date: 2008
Source: National Charter School Research Project
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