Charter Students Fare No Better, Study Says

[Tony_FLADEM]

Charter school students across the country are performing no better in math and reading than their peers at regular public schools and by some measures are doing worse, according to a report released yesterday by an independent, congressionally mandated research group.

The survey by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which describes itself as "the nation's report card," showed that 58 percent of fourth-grade students in charter schools performed at a basic level in reading, compared with 62 percent in traditional public schools. When the results were adjusted for race, students at the traditional public schools in the survey still did slightly better, but the margin was deemed "statistically insignificant." Low-income students at regular public schools generally outperformed their charter school counterparts.

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[Sugarbleus]

1. The K-12 school system is broken...

With the exception of certain communities that are pulling together for their schools, the entire public school system, nationally, is so broken, I can't find words.

I'm raising my grandson and I cannot tell you how much animosity I have for the public ed programs. I NEVER thought that would happen. I'm a participating parent like never before but the people running the education departments in my area are zombies. No doubt many edicts come from on high in terms of directing school administrators into doing a "good job" (whatever that is anymore), nevertheless the problems remain.

I'm strongly urging my Jr.High School g.son to take some classes at the community college so he can get SOME quality academic exposure!

Again, I cannot tell you how many problems I've encountered as I re parent a child in this country's public school system. :grr: