[holykaw.alltop.com] Do charter schools fail to retain black students?

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	--- Reply above this line to comment on this post --- Do charter schools fail to retain black students? Posted by  Futurity to Holy Kaw! Despite being promoted as a viable alternative, charter schools in Texas have a higher attrition rate for black students than comparable urban public schools. “Since the mid-’90s, charter schools have been heavily promoted as a panacea for minority students, a means of delivering to them the kind of high-quality education that public schools cannot,” says Julian Vasquez Heilig, assistant professor of educational policy and planning at the University of Texas-Austin. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. View this post » Leave a comment » Sent by Posterous. Unsubscribe from emails. Other questions? We'd love to help.