A few weeks ago, attorney Wendy Lecker asked me in an interview for the Stamford Advocate, "Do Connecticut charter schools outperform district schools?" My answer was, "Not exactly". As my Choice Watch report (Cotto & Feder, 2014) demonstrated, charter schools in Connecticut tend to serve a relatively more advantaged group of (mostly) Black and Latinx … Continue reading Do Connecticut’s privately-managed charter schools outperform local public school districts?
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Updated (with video): Got something to say about charter schools? NAACP Special Hearing on Charter Schools – New Haven, CT – Saturday, Dec. 3, 1 – 6 p.m.
Update: The full video of the NAACP special hearing is here. (Source: W4 News, AccessTV.org) Also see parent letters regarding charter school issues to the NAACP Task Force on Quality Education. [iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jUyk5IdXwG8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen width="560" height="315"] In October, the NAACP (national conference) passed a resolution that called for a moratorium on privately-managed, publicly funded … Continue reading Updated (with video): Got something to say about charter schools? NAACP Special Hearing on Charter Schools – New Haven, CT – Saturday, Dec. 3, 1 – 6 p.m.
Why did the NAACP propose a moratorium on charter schools? Will the Connecticut NAACP support this moratorium on charter schools? (Updated)
Update: The NAACP Board has approved the moratorium on new charter schools. Read the Tweet below and a statement from the NAACP here. Last July, the NAACP (national conference) proposed a resolution that called for a moratorium on new charter schools. This weekend, the NAACP will vote to support (or not) this resolution. So why … Continue reading Why did the NAACP propose a moratorium on charter schools? Will the Connecticut NAACP support this moratorium on charter schools? (Updated)
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