Critical Union Report About Charter Schools Raises Ire of Advocates
An American Federation of Teachers report condemning a majority of the nation's charter schools drew substantial fire upon its release last month and, so far, appears to have spurred few second thoughts among state officials about their policies on the nontraditional public schools.
The teachers' union examined state data, among other information, and concluded that the country's charter schools have failed to work as expected.
The 108- page analysis, "Do Charter Schools Measure Up?: The Charter School Experiment After 10 Years," cautions against the expansion of such efforts. It contends that the schools, contrary to what supporters had anticipated, do not produce student achievement higher than that of other public schools, empower teachers, or serve...
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