I have a confession to make – I’m tired of enduring angry stares and snarky comments when I say “I work at a charter school.” The most common negative comment I hear is “well, I don’t know why we have charter schools. They…
At the beginning of September we ran a piece titled “making the grade: 2014 Memphis Charter High School Performance.” In this piece we examined absolute proficiency levels as an effort to identify which charters are doing well, which are worth…
The 2014 school-level TVAAS data has been out for a few weeks now and since we did an analysis earlier this summer on local charter performance using 2013 data, I thought it only appropriate that I run a similar analysis…
This post offers a snapshot of how charter high schools are performing in Memphis, Tennessee when it comes to student achievement with low-income students.
Charter schools continue to expand both nationally and here in Tennessee. Detractors claim they are fools gold, while proponents tout their effectiveness. Who’s right? Check out this piece detailing the impact charter schools are making here in Tennessee.
