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Contexts, 2013 Scholars offer their widely differing takes on the success of charter schools, a "twenty-year experiment" in alternative education systems, largely based in for-profit, inner-city programs.
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Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020 Charter schools are positioned by proponents as a key component of reform efforts striving to expand school choice. Proponents argue that charter schools have the flexibility to experiment with novel curricular and instructional models outside the ...
Bernard G. David +3 more
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Comparisons of Students’ Mathematics and Reading Achievement in Texas: Public versus Charter Schools [PDF]
Journal of Research in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2018 In the past two decades, charter schools have become increasingly prevalent and popular in the U.S. education landscape. The purpose of this study is to examine the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills [TAKS] school level mathematics and reading test
Alpaslan Sahin +2 more
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Education Sciences, 2022 Student enrollment and transfer patterns between the traditional public and charter school sectors help shape the role of charter schools in the broader educational ecosystem, especially as related to the enrollment and segregation of low-income students,
David S. Knight +2 more
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Choice without Equity: Charter School Segregation
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2011 The political popularity of charter schools is unmistakable. This article explores the relationship between charter schools and segregation across the country, in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and several dozen metropolitan areas with large ...
Erica Frankenberg +2 more
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Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016 Although there has been a great deal of debate about the effectiveness of charter schools in the research literature, there has been surprisingly little attention paid to English language learners (ELLs) in charter schools.
Peggie Garcia, P. Zitlali Morales
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Choice, Cyber Charter Schools, and the Educational Marketplace for Rural School Districts
The Rural Educator, 2018 Pennsylvania is a state with significant proportions of students who attend rural schools, as well as students who attend charter schools. This study examines enrollment patterns of students in brick and mortar and cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania ...
Bryan Mann +4 more
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Charter Schools: An Alternative Option in American Schooling
Encyclopedia, 2023 Charter schools are educational institutions in the United States funded through taxation but operated privately under a charter or contract with a public entity, providing alternative public education options to families.
Tong Tong +3 more
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Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018 There is no national study examining the rate of enrollment of students with disabilities in charter schools. We examined whether students with disabilities were significantly less likely to enroll in charter schools as compared to non-charter public ...
Lucy Barnard-Brak +2 more
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Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2011 This paper uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and dynamic mapping to examine student enrollments in New Jersey charter schools. Consistent with previous research, we find evidence of increased racial segregation.
Charisse Gulosino, Chad dEntremont
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