The charter-school sector has grown to nearly 7,000 schools serving nearly 3 million students since 1992¶
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q2 i? The charter sector has grown steadily since the first charter school opened in 1992 and now includes nearly 7,000 schools serving nearly 3 million students. → Philip M. Gleason 2017
Evidence¶
Philip M. Gleason 2017¶
Philip M. Gleason. (2017). What's the Secret Ingredient? Searching for Policies and Practices That Make Charter Schools Successful. Journal of School Choice. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/ja-whats-the-secret-ingredient-searching-for-policies-and-practices-that-make-charter-schools doi:10.1080/15582159.2017.1395620
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The summary states the sector "has grown steadily since the first charter school opened in 1992," with nearly 7,000 schools serving nearly 3 million students. These are descriptive figures, not effect sizes.
"The charter-school sector in the United States has grown steadily since the first charter school opened in 1992 and nearly 7,000 charter schools currently serve nearly 3 million students."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- The U.S. charter school sector has grown to more than 7,000 schools nationwide, prompting an active debate over charters' effects on the public school system and their regulation — related
- About 200 online charter schools operate in the United States, serving about 200,000 students across elementary, middle, and high school grades — related
- The National Study of Online Charter Schools provides the first nationwide data and analysis of online charter schools' operations and instructional approaches, based on a survey of 127 principals — related
- The charter school sector grew to more than 6,800 schools serving nearly 3 million students across forty states and DC by 2015–16 — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- One-size-fits-all school systems under-serve nearly all of their students — related
- Most U.S. schools of choice are operated by public school districts, with about 6.5 million students enrolled in a chosen public school
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The charter-school sector has grown to nearly 7,000 schools serving nearly 3 million students since 1992 |
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