Millions of students served…
While the exact number is probably impossible to calculate, the data and research team at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools crunched the available data to estimate that at least 12.3 million students have attended charter schools since the first one opened in 1993. Amazing!
…and more to come
WLWT-TV in Cincinnati this week reported on two new IDEA schools opening in the Queen City in the coming weeks. Not to be outdone, the first ever charter school in West Virginia has already opened its doors for the new school year. A huge victory for school choice in the Mountain State.
Another victory
Speaking of victories, Michael Bloomberg published an op-ed in the Washington Post recently declaring that the Biden Administration’s changes to proposed Charter School Program (CSP) rules represent an important win for charter supporters. And he’s ready to move on to the next important issue. “The revised regulations aren’t perfect, but they are substantially better,” he wrote. “The White House deserves credit for the changes, and must now ensure they are fairly implemented, given the significant political opposition charters face from teachers unions and ideological activists.”
Research on charters and segregation
A recent study looked at the interrelation of charter schools and traditional district schools (TPS) in terms of racial segregation, both between schools and in comparison to the neighborhoods around the schools. The authors determine that, in New York City at least, charter schools increase diversity in TPSs and do so primarily by reducing the share of Black students and increasing the share of White students enrolled in these schools. Interesting and important data.
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