Do Charter Schools Work?
Answer: it depends on the school.
And that, I would argue, is the problem.
Why?
Because the mere mention of the word “charter” often evokes connotations of “better” when it comes to education, especially in urban areas like my hometown of New Orleans where the quality of public education has been lacking for years.
And yet, as the Washington Post article below mentions, nationally, test scores from charter schools are about the same as scores from public schools. Read more