Book Review: A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education

Evidence on Massachusetts’ Charter Schools

CHARTER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPETITION Theory versus Reality in Charter Schools in Colombia

Charter schools are among the most prevalent public-private partnerships in the education sector. Too frequently, charter schools are assessed only by measuring outputs such as enrollment and test scores. This paper assesses the logic model behind charter schools, specifically the mechanisms of accountability and competition. This paper examines these mechanisms through study of the Concession ...

Chartering the Way to a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE): The Challenges for Charter Schools to Provide FAPE

Charter schools are publicly funded schools that are an integral part of the school choice movement, following a market-model of education based on autonomy, competition, and choice. However, charter schools are also mandated to adhere to all laws and regulations in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) when educating students with disabilities. The education of students with d...

Making the Grade: Comparing DC Charter Schools to Other DC Public Schools

Mark Schneider is Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He has written widely on education policy. His last book Choosing Schools: Consumer Choice and the Quality of American Schools (written with Paul Teske and Melis sa Marschall) was published by Princeton University Press in 2000 and won the 2002 Aaron Wildavsky Best Book Award from the Policy Studi...

A Closer Look at Charter Schools Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. is responsible, by law, for carrying out the NAEP project through competitive awards to qualified organizations. By making objective information on student performance available to policymakers at the national, state...