Mass. teachers union issues blistering report on charter school enrollment trends - Essex, MA - Wicked Local Essex:
"“Fewer than half of the students enrolled in charter high schools as freshmen are still enrolled as seniors,” according to the 50-page report, released Wednesday morning by the Massachusetts Teachers Association. “This attrition pattern can be captured by snapshot of any single year. In 2008, for example, there were only two seniors for every five freshmen in the charter schools, while there were four seniors for every five freshmen in the Boston Public Schools.”
Calling charter schools “dropout factories,” union president Anne Wass pointed to the report as proof that charter schools are “essentially a state-managed system of publicly funded private schools.”"
"“Fewer than half of the students enrolled in charter high schools as freshmen are still enrolled as seniors,” according to the 50-page report, released Wednesday morning by the Massachusetts Teachers Association. “This attrition pattern can be captured by snapshot of any single year. In 2008, for example, there were only two seniors for every five freshmen in the charter schools, while there were four seniors for every five freshmen in the Boston Public Schools.”
Calling charter schools “dropout factories,” union president Anne Wass pointed to the report as proof that charter schools are “essentially a state-managed system of publicly funded private schools.”"