I remember reading about the DC charter that they do about the same for half the cost.
As for CA, they do much better http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15082068 Publicly funded and independently run charter schools did especially well in the similar schools rankings. Nearly 40 percent of local charter schools were ranked in the state's top 10 percent. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > As an aside some interesting data was released recently on the Charter > vs DC public schools. It would appear that across the board Charter > schools have not lived up to their promise. Children in the DC school > system showed a much better increases in Maths and Sciences than the > Charter Schools in DC. for instance in > http://www.publicschoolreview.com/articles/123 > -- > ...recent investigations conducted by the Center for Research on > Education Outcomes at Stanford University reveal that students' test > scores may prove that public schools are now outperforming charter > schools. > -- > Similar results have been found with private vs public schooling as > well. Controlling for income and parental involvement, thee is no > difference. I suspect that something similar will be found withe home > schooling, despite the temper tantrums some (not you Scott) on this > list will have over my last statement. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319430 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
