The Fordham Institute Is Out With A New Look At Low Performing…

schools and found that even low performing charter schools are tough to turn around. The report looked at over 2,000 schools in 10 states starting with the 2003-2004 school year.

They found that in the 2008-2009 school year only 19% of low performing charter schools wound up closing while only 11% of public schools did the same thing.

They also found only 9% of charter schools in the same time period made moderate academic improvement while 8% of public schools did the same thing.