Charter Schools and Student Compositions of Traditional Public Schools

Perceptions of Charter and Traditional Schools in New Orleans

A mong other disruptions that Hurricane Katrina brought to New Orleans in 2005 was an upheaval of the city’s public schools. The system, which had already been struggling with poor student performance and financial mismanagement, suffered approximately $800 million in property damage, and 64,000 students were displaced. In the storm’s wake, New Orleans drastically reformed its public education ...

Twice Considered: Charter Schools and Student Achievement in Utah

A relatively small state, Utah presents an interesting case to study charter schools given its friendly policy environment for charter schools and its significant growth in both the number and the enrollment of charter schools. Although the population in Utah is increasingly diverse, charter school enrollment reflects a significantly lower portion of students of color and students from low-inco...

Evidence on Massachusetts’ Charter Schools

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...

Student Achievement in the Pittsburgh Public Schools

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