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 Here you will find reports, research and articles covering various views on school choice issues, i.e. charters, magnets, vouchers. Posting here does not indicate Georgia Partnership endorsement. Teacher Turnover in Charter Schools This report looks at higher teacher turnover in charters, a key distinction from traditional public schools. (December 2009) School Choice Issues in the State - The Economic and Fiscal Costs to Failing to Reform K-12 Education in Georgia The study's author, emphasized the real world impact of the high school diploma. "Because so many of Georgia's young people fail to graduate from high school, a high percentage of native Georgians have not been able to contribute or fully participate in the fruits of Georgia's new economy." (December 2009) Better Value, Fewer Taxpayer Dollars This free market think tank believes in limiting government and is recommending that Vermont save money by allowing students to choose what schools to attend - PEN. (December 2009) Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools This report that takes an objective look at how prepared the nation's best charter schools are to meet the challenge of rapid expansion. (November 2009) National Charter School Study This report found that there is a wide variance in the quality of the nation’s several thousand charter schools with, in the aggregate, students in charter schools not faring as well as students in traditional public schools. (Published June 2009 posted December 2009) The Effects of New York City's Charter Schools on Student Achievement Students who entered lotteries and won spots in one of NYC's 99 charter schools performed better on state exams than students who entered the same lotteries but did not secure charter school seats - ECS. (September 2009) Matchmaking: Enabling Mandatory Public School Choice in New York and Boston These choice systems, though not without challenges, have stimulated a new entrepreneurialism among many public educators, improved the perception of public education among middle-class families, and more. See relating video.(September 2009) An Examination of the Financial Health of Georgia's Start-up Charter Schools This report sheds light on the financial health of start-up charter schools in Georgia during the 2006-07 school year. (August 2009) A New Model Law For Supporting The Growth Of High-Quality Public Charter Schools The organization's intent is for the new law to be useful to the 41 jurisdictions with charter laws as well as the 10 states that have yet to enact a charter law. (June 2009) Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States As charter schools play an increasingly central role in education reform agendas across the United States, it becomes more important to have current and comprehensible analysis about how well they do educating their students. (June 2009) Food for Thought: Building a High Quality Choice Market Nearly 20 years after the first charter schools were founded, it has become increasingly clear that opening up markets to new providers is only the first step in dramatically improving the supply and demand for great public schools. See accompanying article. (May 2009) Local Demand for School Choice: Evidence from the Washington Charter School Referenda Are charter schools a partisan issue? This paper looks at precinct-level returns from three ballot referenda in Washington State. (May 2009) We should expect excellence in schools We have both served as U.S. Secretary of Education -- under the first President Bush from 1991-1993 and now under President Obama -- and have seen the potential that charter schools can have in getting results for American students. (April 2009) School Choice Demonstration Project - Milwaukee Parental Choice Program A new study comparing the academic progress of students in Milwaukee's voucher program with students in public schools shows no major differences in success between the two groups. (March 2009) When Private Schools Take Public Dollars: What's the Place of Accountability in School Voucher Programs? Voucher opponents often argue that it's unfair to hold public schools accountable for results under the No Child Left Behind Act and various state rules while allowing private schools that participate in voucher programs to receive taxpayer dollars without similar accountability. This report doesn't entirely buy that argument but argues there's room for a reasonable middle ground. (March 2009) Charter Schools in Eight States - Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration and Competition This study aims to inform the policy debate by examining four primary research questions in several geographic locations. (March 2009) Vouchers Are Not the Silver Bullet The organization feels that school vouchers are not the silver bullet that will heal all public school ills. Accountability of taxpayer money must be at the heart of voucher legislation. (March 2009) Inside Urban Charter Schools - Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools A new book "Inside Urban Charter Schools" by researchers at the Harvard School of Education looks at five consistently high-performing charter schools in urban areas in Massachusetts. Read the introduction and a sample chapter here. (Public Education Network - February 2009) Return on Investment? Public Schools in Georgia Using publicly available data from federal and state government sources almost exclusively, this paper analyzes K12 education spending and public high school graduation rates in Georgia over the last generation. Hope, Fears and Reality The fourth annual analysis from the National Charter School Research Project, looks at what's going on in charter schools, how well they're doing, where they need to improve, and what can be learned from the research on these types of public schools. |
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