The Florida League of Women Voters issued a report that’s highly critical of the state’s charter school program. The report found that Florida charters have a 20% closure rate due to financial problems or poor academic performance. Education historians like Diane Ravitch have begun passing out the report, calling it a “bombshell.” The report outlines […]
Charter schools are a big and booming business–so much so that the Capital Roundtable hosted a day-long conference back in July : Private Equity Investing in For-Profit Education Companies. Writing for Forbes magazine, contributor Addison Wiggin notes many opportunities to invest in the lucrative charter school gravy train. According to Wiggin, “About the only thing charters do […]
“The Civil Rights Project at the University of California Los Angeles, which has documented charter school segregation for years, has found that in several western and southern states white students are disproportionately represented in charter schools. These patterns “suggest that charters serve as havens for white flight from public schools,” according to a 2010 report from the […]
On July 2, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke at the National Charter Schools Conference, held in Washington D.C. Duncan noted the disparate rates of suspensions between traditional public schools and charters. “In many cities, including right here in D.C., charters are substantially more likely to suspend and expel students than other public schools,” Duncan said. “In […]
