No Way Out: Public and Charter Schools in Dallas and Detroit

A variety of databases were used to answer questions about charter and public schools with regard low-income students, special education students, and academic performance. Charter schools in Dallas and Detroit served comparable numbers of poor children, but charter schools enrolled far fewer studen...

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Published inEducational research (Orem, Utah) Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 48 - 59
Main Author Baines, Lawrence
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association 2023
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Charter Schools
Comparative Analysis
Geographic Location
Grade 8
High Achievement
Language Arts
Low Income Students
Public Schools
Reading Achievement
Scores
Special Education
Texas (Dallas)
Michigan (Detroit)
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Summary:A variety of databases were used to answer questions about charter and public schools with regard low-income students, special education students, and academic performance. Charter schools in Dallas and Detroit served comparable numbers of poor children, but charter schools enrolled far fewer students in special education. "High-performing" charter schools had 1) fewer poor students 2) fewer special education students 3) anomalous test scores 4) a location on the outskirts of a school district and 5) selective admissions. Although charter schools have been promoted as "better" than public schools, only 9% of charter schools in Dallas and Detroit surpassed the average pass rate posted by public schools on the eighth-grade reading/language arts test. For eighth graders in Dallas and Detroit, especially those in the center city, charter schools offered no advantages over public schools.
ISSN:2637-8965
2637-8965