Pauvre, Pauvre NYC Charter Schools?
Posted on October 8, 2013
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There’s nothing really new in this post. I’m just revisiting data and figures that I’ve addressed over and over in this blog – drawn from this report and this conference paper. I’m reposting this information because many seem to quickly forget or totally ignore what we already know and the current debate over whether the city of New York should charge charter schools rent is clouded by the usual mix of non-information, lack of information, disinformation and catchy (though false) statements on t-shirts.
These data are from 2008-2010 and at some point I will update these analyses. But, while downloading, parsing and analyzing NYC district school data is relatively straightforward, it remains a more burdensome task to get a complete picture of charter school financing in NYC and most other locations for that matter (searching through non-profit filings, etc.). That, in and of itself, raises serious accountability concerns [see the extent of footnotes needed in the above report to clarify our various concerns over clarity, completeness, accuracy and precision of charter school financial reporting].
Another important note is that conditions in district schools in New York City have continued to