URL: The Economist on charter schools | Kiwiblog
The idea was born of frustration with traditional publicly funded schools and the persistent achievement gap between poor minority pupils and those from middle-income homes. Charters enroll more poor, black and Latino pupils, and more pupils who at first do less well at standardised tests, than their traditional counterparts. .... Teacher and state school bashing and league tables based on flimsy assessment data very much sums up National's education policy.
