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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This on-line case study of Leadership High School was conducted by the Policy Support & Studies Program at WestEd, an educational research and development organization, with support from the US Department of Education. It aims to capture the key strategies and day-to-day challenges in starting and running a charter school. Leadership High School started from scratch in 1997-98, as part of the San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, CA.
Date: 2004
Source: www.USCharterSchools.org
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