EdNext Podcast: The Improvement at the Charter Schools Is about Twice that of the Improvement in the District Sectors

Results of a new nationally representative study show trends from 2005 to 2017

Photo The Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard University and the senior editor of Education Next, Paul E. Peterson, joins Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Peterson’s new research, which compares student achievement over time between students in charter schools and traditional district schools.

Charter Schools Show Steeper Upward Trend in Student Achievement than District Schools,” by M. Danish Shakeel and Peterson, is available now.

The EdNext Podcast is available on iTunes, Google Play, Soundcloud, Stitcher and here every Wednesday.

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