URL: USA Today on charter schools | Kiwiblog
The arrival of charter schools in any city usually starts a fight. Critics — whether district superintendents or teachers' unions or school boards or a traveling band of academic doubters — snipe at the newcomers, arguing that they're siphoning students and money from traditional public schools. ... After three years, scores on math tests rise as if students had four years of schooling, according to an independent study. The question isn't whether such successful models ...
