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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URL: http://www.newschools.org/strategy/charter_fund.htm
Description: NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy firm, is working to transform public education. One of its strategies includes a $30 million fund, Charter Accelerator Fund, focused on fueling rapid, scalable growth of nonprofit charter systems, creating and modeling aligned, effective systems.
- Practices from the Portfolio
- Expanding the Supply of High-Quality Public Schools
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