Students First – Aaron Guerrero
“When Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes released its study last week on urban charter schools, many school choice proponents had good reason to be ecstatic. The driving purpose of the study, which examined 41 urban charter school regions across nearly 22 states, was determining if urban charter schools were performing better or worse than traditional public schools (TPS) in their communities. In both the Twittersphere and more traditional media outlets, education reformers have trumpeted the study’s results as further vindication that quality charter schools can be thriving academic powerhouses and a viable alternative for parents eager to prevent their child from being trapped in a failing school. Indeed, the results were so strong that in some quarters there was even hope that charter opponents would reconsider their stance.”(more)