{"id":424,"date":"2012-10-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/georgia-charter-schools-do-no-better-than-traditional-public-schools.html"},"modified":"2012-10-11T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T12:00:00","slug":"georgia-charter-schools-do-no-better-than-traditional-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/georgia-charter-schools-do-no-better-than-traditional-public-schools.html","title":{"rendered":"Georgia charter schools do no better than traditional public schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nLet&#39;s look at Georgia&#39;s non-unionized public schools.\nSo far as I know, Georgia does not have teachers&#39; unions.\nBut there&#39;s still no reason to believe charter schools in Georgia\nwould be any more magic\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/chicago-charter-schools-do-no-better-than-unionized-public-schools.html\">\nthan in Chicago.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to CREDO at Stanford University,\nwhich has done\n<a href=\"http:\/\/credo.stanford.edu\/research-reports.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"  alt=\"CREDO at Stanford University\"  class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3c9e36fb970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3c9e36fb970c-pi.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/credo.stanford.edu\/research-reports.html\">\nstate-by-state charter school studies,<\/a>\nthey find\n<a href=\"http:\/\/credo.stanford.edu\/reports\/statepressreleases\/Georgia.pdf\">\nCHARTER SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA PERFORM\nSIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THEIR TRADITIONAL\nPUBLIC SCHOOL PEERS IN MATH:\nNo Difference Found in Reading Performance<\/a>.\nThat&#39;s their press release.\nHere&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/credo.stanford.edu\/reports\/GA_CHARTER%20SCHOOL%20REPORT_CREDO_2009.pdf\">\nthe detailed study.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSo if someone has a charter school idea that they think will perform\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.votesmartgeorgia.com\/\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"  alt=\"Vote No on Amendment 1\"  class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c326fb38d970b\" height=\"186\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c326fb38d970b-pi.png\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a>\nbetter than public schools,\nthey can talk to their local school board about that, and maybe\nthat local board will agree.\nThere&#39;s no need to authorize an unelected Atlanta board to force that charter\nschool on us.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nVote No on the charter school amendment in November.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let&#39;s look at Georgia&#39;s non-unionized public schools. 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