(Community Matters) in USA Today
Raymond’s* 2009 study of charters in 15 states and Washington, D.C., found that just 17% of charters were providing superior education opportunities for their students, half were no different from traditional schools and a third delivered results that were worse than public schools. [KIPP and UT charter school exceed benchmarks but are not the norm.] full article
*Margaret Raymond, Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes
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