Online charter schools have expanded rapidly in recent years in spite of increasing evidence that far too often these schools have failed to adequately educate children, particularly in comparison to children attending traditional public schools. Companies that create online charter schools have experienced rapid revenue growth over the past five years at the same time that funding for traditional public schools has stagnated and declined. Online charter schools are largely unaccountable for the substandard results they have delivered and the way that they spend an increasingly large share of public funds.
See the infographic, co-developed with the NC Justice Center.