Category: Dropout

• Charter Schools: Dr. Soto, I am disappointed

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  November 4, 2012

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  African Americans, Charter Schools, Dropout, KIPP, Latina/os

  In a recent San Antonio Express New article outgoing Texas SBOE member Michael Soto stated : There’s pretty solid support for efforts to raise the bar academically on the board and throughout the state because these charter applications significantly raise the academic bar. Dr. Soto, I am disappointed. In response, Diane Ravitch stated on her blog…

• Charter Schools, Dropout, and At-Risk Students

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  October 31, 2012

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  Charter Schools, Dropout

  An “oldie, but a goodie” article from the New York Times about charter schools and at-risk students. An excerpt: … Julian Vasquez Heilig, a professor at the University of Texas College of Education who studies how incentive systems affect student achievement, said his research had found a higher dropout rate for all charters — not just those that…