The most promising development of the past quarter century has been the expansion of high quality schools of choice. Charter schools and Catholic schools have been especially successful at providing an excellent education to children growing up in poverty. We believe that all parents deserve to have a range of high-quality options, as well as reliable information with which to make the best choices for their children.
Plenty of studies have compared the progress of students in charter schools versus traditional public schools. And more than a dozen have examined the “competitive effects” of charters on neighboring district schools.
