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High-performing charter schools
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High-performing charter schools are charter schools that are specifically known for delivering quality education. Their performance may excel in a specific subject area, or may also refer to a school's likelihood of producing healthier, well-adjusted graduates.[1]
Benefits
A high-performing charter school is capable of providing a host of benefits to its students. Researchers from UCLA and the Rand Corp. showed a reduction in high-risk behavior in teens attending high-performing charter schools. It was unclear from the research if the nature of the schools provided causation rather than correlation of this trend, but results were consistent in the almost 1,000 students surveyed. Previous research demonstrating that minority students performed better under high expectations from teachers provides further support for the health and academic benefits of high-performing charter schools.[1]
Other research shows that even students from areas with historically low college graduation rates are substantially more likely to attend and graduate from college on time, when that student graduated from a high-performing charter school beforehand.[2]
Schools
Charter schools account for only 6% of America's public schools. However, on a recent list of the country's top 100 high schools, charter schools took 24 of the 100 spots. Below is a list of the schools, with their exact placement on the list in parentheses next to them.
- (2) BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona
- (3) Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Georgia
- (5) BASIS Tucson North, Arizona
- (21) Signature School, Indiana
- (24) International Studies Charter High School, Florida
- (25) Pacific Collegiate School, California
- (28) YES Prep North Central, Texas
- (30) IDEA Academy and College Preparatory School, Texas
- (41) KIPP San Jose Collegiate, California
- (42) The Preuss School, California
- (44) American Indian Public High School, California
- (47) Coeur D’Alene Charter Academy, Idaho
- (53) University High School, California
- (55) Hawthorne Math and Science Academy, California
- (59) Lennox Mathematics, Science & Technology Academy, California
- (63) KIPP Austin College, Texas
- (64) Albuquerque Institute of Math & Science, New Mexico
- (66) Peak to Peak Charter School, Colorado
- (67) KIPP King Collegiate High, California
- (81) YES Prep East End Campus, Texas
- (85) Idea Frontier College Preparatory, Texas
- (89) Harding Charter Preparatory High School, Oklahoma
- (95) YES Prep Southeast, Texas
- (100) Archimedean Upper Conservatory Charter School, Florida[3]
See also
External links
- U.S. News - National rankings of top high schools
- Education Reform - 2014 Survey of America's Charter Schools
- YES Prep - Vision
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NPR.org, "High-performing charter schools may improve students' health," accessed September 17, 2014
- ↑ StudentsFirst.org, "Celebrating high-performing public charter schools," accessed September 17, 2014
- ↑ The Center for Education Reform, "Charter schools make strong showing on America's best high schools list," accessed September 17, 2014
