National Education Policy Center: The Myth of Charter School Waitlists | Diane Ravitch's blog

National Education Policy Center: The Myth of Charter School Waitlists | Diane Ravitch's blog

National Education Policy Center: The Myth of Charter School Waitlists

Five years ago, Kevin Welner and Gary Miron explained why you should not believe claims about charter “wait lists.”

At the same time that they released this caution (2014), the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools [sic] put out a press release claiming that more than one million students were wait-listed to get into charter schools.

Five years later, the New York Times cited this press release by NAPCS to substantiate a statement that “hundreds of thousands” of students were on charter wait lists. On the other hand, Los Angeles school board member Scott Schmerelson posted on his Facebook page that more than 80% of the charter schools in LA had vacancies.

Welner and Miron gave nine reasons not to believe unverified claims about hundreds of thousands of CONTINUE READING: National Education Policy Center: The Myth of Charter School Waitlists | Diane Ravitch's blog