The Deseret News – Eric Schulzke
“Students in major urban centers around the country perform better in charter schools than they do in traditional public schools, according to a new study from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University. The CREDO study found that charter schools in urban areas received “the equivalent of roughly 40 days of additional learning per year in math and 28 additional days of learning per year in reading,” a substantial gain over their peers in traditional public schools. Along with the results in math and reading scores, the study seems to dispel the notion that urban charter schools systematically pull in better-off students, but the numbers do vary significantly by region. The same is true of enrollment for English language learners, with some regions enrolling far more than their public school peers, and some far fewer.”(more)