The Latest Research on Charter Schools
“Twenty-one years after Minnesota passed the nation’s first charter school law, researchers still disagree on whether such independent public schools are any more effective than regular public schools.
“There is one point on which critics and proponents can all agree: There are plenty of good charter schools out there, and plenty of bad ones.” —Jacki Zubrzycki, Education Week, “Studies Find Charters Vary in Quality, Creativity”
Other interesting things Zubrzycki found while researching for her report include:
- 12 percent of charter schools have unions
- For-profits don’t appear to perform as well as nonprofits
