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More Proof Charters Work

August 31, 2015August 30, 2015

Not all of them, certainly, but the Success Academy public school network in New York I’ve been writing about . . . and now, apparently, the charter schools of New Orleans . . . as reported here.

. . . The charters, which have open admission and public accountability, have produced spectacular results. Before the reforms, New Orleans students — like overwhelmingly poor students in most places — lagged far behind more affluent students. Since the reforms, the achievement gap has nearly closed. . . .

This is a big deal.  Not just better for the kids themselves, but better for us all: breaking the cycle of poverty, teenage pregnancy, dependency and crime; boosting the ratio of citizens who grow up to be productive, responsible, contributing citizens.

I keep coming back to this because imagine how amazing our country would be if almost all our kids succeeded.

 

 

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