Charter Expansion and Enrollment Up in US
The number of children in the US attending charter schools has passed the two million mark according to an AParticle in the Seattle Times. But read the article closely and you'll see all is not well.
From the article:
The growth represents the largest increase in enrollment over a single year since charter schools were founded nearly two decades ago. In all, more than 500 new charter schools were opened in the 2011-12 school year. And about 200,000 more students are enrolled now than a year before, an increase of 13 percent nationwide.
Of course, the fact that in the article charter supporters and others attribute most of that growth to the RTTT
From the article:
The growth represents the largest increase in enrollment over a single year since charter schools were founded nearly two decades ago. In all, more than 500 new charter schools were opened in the 2011-12 school year. And about 200,000 more students are enrolled now than a year before, an increase of 13 percent nationwide.
Of course, the fact that in the article charter supporters and others attribute most of that growth to the RTTT