Article: Charter Schools: Hope or Hype?(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Study finds charter schools flunking test
Daily Breeze;  August 23, 2006 ;     603 words ... ... reading than students in charter schools on the 2003 National Assessment ... fared better than those in charter schools. Mark Schneider, commissioner of the NCES ... National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said the report was flawed ...

Article: Inconvenient truth on charter schools.(Commentary)
The Virginian Pilot;  September 3, 2006 ;     620 words ... ... do kids who attend charter schools. The report shows ... 500 students at 150 charter schools. Scores were controlled ... administration supports charter schools, but opposes evidence ... challenges its position. Mark Schneider, commissioner of ...

Transcript: Do Charter Schools Make the Grade?
NPR Morning Edition;  August 23, 2006 ;     689 words ... ... a decade. Which are better, charter schools run by private companies or public ... public schools got the edge. Mark Schneider is commissioner of the National ... Overall, in 2003, the nations charter schools were underperforming the traditional ...

Article: Public Charter Schools: So Far, So Good
Washington Informer;  April 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... said Schaeffler. "Charter schools do a great job at ... has about 44 public charter schools, many of which offer ... subjects. Professor Mark Schneider, chair of the Political ... importance of public charter schools in the District ...

Article: Charter schools get lower mark
Post-Tribune (IN);  August 23, 2006 ;     552 words ... ... than students in charter schools on the 2003 National ... administration supports charter schools. The head of the ... definitive," said Mark Schneider, commissioner of ... some good news about charter schools: Reading scores ...

Article: Dismal results on charter schools
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  August 28, 2006 ;     594 words ... ... behind the concept of charter schools, but there is no ... than for those in charter schools. In reading, the ... downplay the findings, Mark Schneider, head of the Department ... easily. Proponents of charter schools - which are supported ...

Article: Charter Schools Lag, Study Finds; Modest Difference ...
The Washington Post;  August 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... average than those in charter schools in reading and mathematics ... frankly," said Mark Schneider, commissioner of ... public schools and 150 charter schools, which are public ... school students in charter schools, a higher percentage ...