Education News – Grace Smith
“Charter school enrollment rose steadily during the last school year, and some districts, like Los Angeles Unified School District, had a growth rate of almost 10% in just one year…Today, more than 2.9 million students are being educated in charter schools in 43 states and the District of Columbia. That is approximately 6% of the total number of pupils enrolled in the countries’ traditional public schools. The report, published after the release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the Nation’s Report Card), showed that some cities with a large number of charter schools, such as Washington, are showing significantly higher rates of student achievement.”(more)