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FYI: New Research Finds Stronger Charter Schools Laws in States With Large Hispanic and College-Educated Populations

February 29, 2008 by libertyisforme

From the Hoover Institution:

States with large Hispanic populations and high numbers of college-educated adults are more likely to pass supportive charter school legislation, as are states with weak academic performance as measured by students’ SAT scores, find economists Christiana Stoddard of Montana State University and Sean Corcoran of New York University in the new issue of Education Next (spring 2008). They also find that the size of a state’s African-American population and high school dropout rates are strongly associated with increased enrollment in charter schools.

According to Stoddard and Corcoran’s research, states with an Hispanic population that is 14 percent higher than the average are about 10 percent more likely to pass a strong charter law (as measured by the Center for Education Reform’s charter school law strength index). In addition, they found that a 12.1 percent increase in a state’s African American population is associated with roughly a 2 percent increase in charter school enrollment, in effect, double the charter school enrollment in the average state. Strong charter laws also appear earlier in those states in which the percentage of adults with at least a college education is higher than average.

Posted in Fair Enough | Tagged charter schools, hispanic, research | 3 Comments

3 Responses to “FYI: New Research Finds Stronger Charter Schools Laws in States With Large Hispanic and College-Educated Populations”

on 29 Feb 2008 at 1:30 pm1 Mike Van Winkle

This doesn’t surprise me. Polls have long showed that minority communities STRONGLY favor alternatives to traditional public schools.
on 02 Mar 2008 at 12:03 am2 leo

as long as disinvestment of people of color communities continues & the tax base leaves, we’ll always be looking for alternatives.

I think charters are a good ideal but just like this example from New Orleans East, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20071217/ai_n21164370,

There is a STRONG possibility for abuse of power and accountability. This charter school is in the community i worked in and this family who ran it created a shadow Board of Directors that were separate from what their legal document said, leaving the existing Board powerless to control Administration. Also, I’m concerned with teachers’ working rights to be honored in this model. Maybe other Charter schools have setup better models dealing with these issues…
on 24 Mar 2008 at 7:20 am3 Erasmusje

i am gonna show this to my friend, dude