Patch Poll: Should PA School Districts Revoke Charters of Underperforming Charter Schools?
Not one cyber charter school in the state and fewer than one-third of 'brick-and-mortar' charter schools made Adequate Yearly Progress last year.
Charter schools have been touted as a way for students to escape underperforming local public schools ever since Pennsylvania passed legislation in 1997 establishing them as a independent public schools. Cyber charter schools followed in 2002. One of the key selling points used by charter schools has been that their students outperform their public school counterparts. But according to the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, historical data indicate that a consistently lower percentage of charter schools make AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) than traditional public schools. Last fall, the state Department of Education implemented a new way of determining whether charter schools have met student achievement milestones for AYP under the …
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4:59 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013
Ed M 2:05 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013 I agree home schooled kids are usually smarter. But they are socially more awkward. .>>> EdM, are you talking about homeschooling or charters now? Curious as to where you got your information that homeschooled kids are "smarter" kids. And who determined that they were also socially awkward, and how that was determined? I agree that cyber charter schooled … more ›