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Article: Charter schools: implications for teachers and administrators.
- Article from:
- The Clearing House
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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Key words: charter schools, reform, public education, teachers, funding
Despite wave after wave of reform, the condition of education--particularly in urban areas populated by our nation's most impoverished, disadvantaged children--remains perilous. Performance data show wide, persistent gaps in student achievement, particularly in urban areas. Increasingly, educational reformers view charter schools as a way to provide a more effective education to students who are ill-served by the public school system as it is currently structured (Fusarelli 1999). Support for charter schools comes from a wide array of groups, including conservatives who also support ...