This unique and ground-breaking book is the result of 15 years research and synthesises
over 800 meta-analyses on the influences on achievement in school-aged students. It builds …

Charter schools have become an increasingly significant aspect of the educational
landscape. After a decade of implementation and research, this article returns to some of the …

This book contains evidence about charter schools that can provide important data on
evaluating this new public-private hybrid and its success at serving the core purpose of …

When charter schools first arrived on the American educational scene, few observers
suspected that within two decades thousands of these schools would be established …

We estimate the impact of charter schools on early-life labor market outcomes in Texas. We
find that, at the mean, charter schools have no impact on test scores and a negative impact …

Teacher Turnover in Charter Schools Page 1 Teacher Turnover in Charter Schools David A.
Stuit Thomas M. Smith Vanderbilt University This paper is supported by the National Center on …

Elliott is my hero. On his fifth birthday he was diagnosed with leukemia, and this past year
has been his annus horribilis. On the day of the diagnosis, it was impressive to see the …

This is the second annual report from the National Charter School Research Project
(NCSRP) at the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education. Like …

This article compares student achievement of fourth graders in charter schools and district
public schools in Newark, New Jersey. We find that Newark and New Jersey's charter …

A study on charter school performance always makes for a good news story. Unfortunately,
like many press reports on medicine and other scientific issues, stories about student …