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Race, Class, and Religion: Creaming and Cropping in Religious, Ethnic, and Cultural Charter Schools

Columbia Journal of Race and Law, 2016
This Article is devoted to one of the most fascinating contemporary developments in American public education—the phenomenal rise of religious, ethnic, and cultural charter schools.
Tammy Harel Ben Shahar
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Patterns in Illinois educational school data

Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, 2015
We examine Illinois educational data from standardized exams and analyze primary factors affecting the achievement of public school students. We focus on the simplest possible models: representation of data through visualizations and regressions on ...
Cacey S. Stevens, Michael Marder, Sidney R. Nagel   +2 more
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Charter school

Educação, 2023
Este estudo analisa o modelo charter school e sua disseminação no Brasil. A coleta de dados se realizou em dois momentos: um primeiro, de levantamento de pesquisas e estudos sobre o tema no país; e um segundo, de exploração dos dados a partir do método de etnografia de redes que faz o uso de fontes online. A origem e a disseminação do movimento charter
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Do EMO-operated Charter Schools Serve Disadvantaged Students? The Influence of State Policies

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
There is a paucity of research about how the policies enacted by states either foster or hinder charter schools’ service to disadvantaged students or how the characteristics of charter schools themselves affect this outcome. By combining data from the US
Natalie Lacireno-Paquet
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Whiteness and economic advantage in digital schooling: Diversity patterns and equity considerations for K-12 online charter schools

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
Scholars and policymakers have yet to hold a robust conversation about diversity in K-12 online schools. This study builds on research that suggests online charter schools enroll higher percentages of White and economically advantaged students compared ...
Bryan Mann
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Charter School Competition, Organization, and Achievement in Traditional Public Schools

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
Market models of education reform predict that the growth of charter schools will infuse competition into the public school sector, forcing traditional public schools to improve the practices they engage in to educate students.
Tomeka M. Davis
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Separation of Church and School: Guidance for Public Charter Schools Using Religious Facilities [PDF]

, 2015
Public charter school leaders and advocates are dedicated to growing the number of high-quality public charter schools available to all families, especially those in communities where there are very few opportunities to attend a high-quality public ...
Lisa Scruggs
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Exploring alternative education: a comparison on 3 levels—Waldorf charters, non-Waldorf charters, and local public schools, as measured by the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress

Frontiers in Education
As the number of students enrolled in charter schools grows across the country, so do questions about their impact on academic outcomes (National Center for Educational Statistics).
Kimberly Telfer-Radzat
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Mapping the Profit Motive: A Comparative Analysis of For-­Profit and Non-­Profit Charter Schools

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
For-profit charter schools represent a controversial new market-based education reform (Garcia, Barber, Molnar, 2009; Conn, 2002). This essay explores how schools operated by for-profit corporations differ from those operated by non-profit organizations.
William Brett Robertson
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Parental Valuation of Charter Schools and Student Performance [PDF]

This paper reports evidence that parental value of charter schools is primarily determined by the schools’ academically effectiveness. Data on the New Jersey charter schools indicate that not all charter schools are equally effective, measured by student
Jim VanderHoff
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