I came across this story yesterday which adds more fuel to the charter vs. public school debate:
Fourth-graders in traditional public schools are doing better in both reading and math than students in charter schools, the government says in a report fueling fresh debate over school choice.
Tuesday’s report said fourth-graders in regular public schools scored an average of 5.2 points better in reading than students in charter schools on the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress test. Students in traditional schools scored an average of 5.8 points better in math. – AP
I’d be interested to see if this national study would produce the same results here in Milwaukee. While there are good and bad public schools out there in both the public and charter schools, it’s interesting to see that the credo of charter schools – “Autonomy for Accountability” – may not be holding water anymore.
These kinds of findings are why it’s so important to have accountability from our schools.
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and sons Carter and Colton.
