Evaluating Charter Schools
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The Washington region is at the forefront of the national charter school movement. But after a decade of innovation and experimentation, it's still difficult to evaluate local charters and compare them to traditional public schools. Do charters live up to the claims of their boosters? Our charter school series continues with a look at how we measure performance.
Guests
Thomas Nida
Chairman of the D.C. Public Charter School Board; Executive Vice President at United Bank
Marsha Silverberg
Acting Associate Commissioner of Knowledge Utilization, National Center for Education Evaluation at the Institute for Education Sciences.
Sam Chaltain
National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy, a DC-based education think tank. Author of American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009).
Robert Cane
Executive Director, Friends of Choice in Urban Schools (FOCUS)
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To check out the performance of D.C. public charter schools and D.C. traditional public schools on standardized tests for reading and math, visit www.focusdc.org
rich discussion today on how the innovations from charter schools can enrich all public schools
I just hope that the concept of charter school will be expanded to higher education levels as well, this would definitely make things easier for a lot of people, it would give a chance to better education for those who have the potential but can't afford to pay for schools. It's actually one of the reasons why I am seriously considering online nursing masters degrees, this option would allow me to work to support myself and learn and that sounds good enough for me.
Such type of comprehensive discussion is one of the most successful way to get benefited specially charter school management after taking improved and effective decision to make well-planned expected and also desirable knowledgeable vents which might be helping in this regard.I am just hoping that charter school will be the most success efficient platform as compared to traditional public schools.Charter School Business Back Office