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Category Archives: Charter Schools
The performance of Denver’s charter schools
The movie Waiting for Superman, and the recent signing of a district and charter compact, has energized an intense debate about the quality of charter schools compared to their traditional school peers. Local opponents of charters have focused much of their criticism by … Continue reading
Bullseye, overlooked
Overlooked in the controversies of the board meeting on Thursday night was an important vote that signifies a considerable change in policy. The board was contemplating a course of action for Manny Martinez, a charter school who, in its first … Continue reading
Advance and hindsight with CSAPs
Back in March, as students were filling in the last of their CSAP ovals, I wrote a post encouraging a discussion of what to look for with 2010 CSAP scores — which were then still 6 months away. And while I agree … Continue reading
Public schools aren’t all that
This month in Denver, six new public schools open their doors. Both innovation and charter schools operating autonomously from certain district and union regulations, these programs offer novel approaches ranging from environmental sustainability to language immersion in Mandarin Chinese. Their … Continue reading
Charter authorizer challenge
The NY Times had a lengthy piece over the weekend on charter schools. Readers of these pages will find little new in the data disagreement (CREDO v Hoxby), or the trusim that the mere designation of “charter” is no guarantee of success, … Continue reading
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Roundtable on Harlem charters
An interesting piece in the NY Times on the current debate over charter schools in Harlem, featuring four prominent voices. Try the one you disagree with most first. A brief sample: Geoffrey Canada: The real question of choice is for the public school … Continue reading
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NY charter study: What districts can do
There is a lot of noise around the evaluation of charter schools, and a paucity of good data, which makes most comparisons of little use. That is starting to change. One of the problems in gauging the effectiveness of charters … Continue reading
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