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Kelly, Andrew P.; Loveless, Tom – American Journal of Education, 2012
This study investigates whether student achievement varies during the institutional life span of charter schools by comparing them to new public schools. The results show that there is little evidence that new public schools struggle with initial start-up issues to the same extent as new charter schools. Even after controlling for school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Evidence, Comparative Analysis, Public Schools
Lautzenheiser, Daniel; Kelly, Andrew P. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2013
This policy brief is the first in a series of in-depth case studies exploring how top-performing charter schools have incorporated civic learning in their school curriculum and school culture. This paper introduces Democracy Prep, a network of seven public charter schools with a civic mission at its core. Democracy Prep's founder and…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Teaching Methods, Citizenship, Democracy