Guest Post: Dissecting the Data on Charter Schools
A new study from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) concludes that charter school students in some states are making respectable academic gains while others are falling behind their peers at traditional public schools. (You'll find a handy aggregation of the media coverage at EdMedia Commons.) The new CREDO report, like much of the charter schools research, is expected to spur criticism of its methodology and findings.
At EWA's 66th National Seminar, held at Stanford last month, we examined the challenge of how reporters can best evaluate charter school research in a session moderated by the Huffington Post's Joy Resmovits. We asked some of the education reporters attending the seminar to contribute blog posts from the sessions. Today's guest blogger is Erica Green of the Baltimore Sun. The full podcast of can be found here. Stream any session from National Seminar in your browser, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
The stories about the successes and failures of charter schools are often subjective. That’s because the even the most objective measure used to tell those stories—research—may be skewed. So, what can reporters do to ensure they are telling the most accurate story possible?
At EWA's 66th National Seminar, held at Stanford last month, we examined the challenge of how reporters can best evaluate charter school research in a session moderated by the Huffington Post's Joy Resmovits. We asked some of the education reporters attending the seminar to contribute blog posts from the sessions. Today's guest blogger is Erica Green of the Baltimore Sun. The full podcast of can be found here. Stream any session from National Seminar in your browser, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
The stories about the successes and failures of charter schools are often subjective. That’s because the even the most objective measure used to tell those stories—research—may be skewed. So, what can reporters do to ensure they are telling the most accurate story possible?
