A Rare Moment of Unanimity
Back in 2008, when Senator Obama was running against Senator McCain, something unusual happened in the final minutes of their third and very contentious, partisan debate. They agreed on something: charter schools were a good thing. They agreed on this one issue because charter schools when done right (as in NYC) are a good thing. […]
New IBO Study: Charter Students Stick Around
A new report from the NYC Independent Budget Office found that student attrition rates in charter schools are lower across nearly every student subgroup — with the one exception, which contradicts previous research, being calculated from a tiny sample. The IBO study followed the kindergarten class of 2008-09 at 53 charter schools and 116 district […]
