Resource Spotlight (Search Archive)
Beyond City Limits: Expanding Public Charter Schools in Rural America (pdf)
Stuit, D., & Doan, S. (2012, February)
Washington, DC: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
This issue brief describes “the common challenges faced in rural public education, depict[s] the current landscape of rural charter schools, and discuss[es] some key hurdles that must be overcome in order to launch a successful rural charter school.” It describes some “innovative approaches that charter schools have used to achieve success in rural communities” and makes policy recommendations.
State Spotlight (Search Archive)
Comparing Achievement Trends in Reading and Math Across Arizona Public School Student Subgroups
Crane, E. W., Huang, M., & Barrat, V. X. (2011, October)
(REL Technical Brief, REL 2012–019)
This technical brief considers how student subgroups in Arizona’s public charter schools and traditional schools differ in their proficiency in reading and mathematics. Data from 2008/09 is disaggregated by school level (elementary, middle, and high) and school type (Title I Schools in Improvement, Title I Schools Not in Improvement, and non-Title I schools).
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