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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

This Week In Education: Thompson: Report Shows How Charters Get Extra Dollars

This Week In Education: Thompson: Report Shows How Charters Get Extra Dollars

Thompson: Report Shows How Charters Get Extra Dollars

Esq-01-education-reform-empty-classroom-012611-lgBruce Baker's "Adding Up the Spending" shows that New York City charter schools serve, on average, far fewer students who are classified as English Learners or who are very poor. These students are more expensive to educate, meaning that charters have more than a $2,500 per student head start over non-charters in their neighborhoods [assuming a static per-pupil