‘No excuses:’ Can charter principles work in traditional schools?

10-18-2011

Blog by Sarah Kliff/Washington Post

As independent charter schools continue to grow, they continue to be dogged by problems of scale, questions of whether one site’s educational gains can be replicated elsewhere. The reasons behind this are plenty. A new charter school may not hew closely to the guidelines that made an original site successful. It may not have the community support, or leadership, of the first school. Charter schools may also have the advantage of working with parents and students who pursued a spot in a better school, raising concern about how well charter schools would scale in the general population. The issues are myriad but the problem clear: replicating charter school success can be difficult. It’s difficult, but a new study suggests, it’s also doable. (more...)

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