- Charter schools stratify students by race, class and possibly language, and are more racially isolated than traditional public schools in virtually every state and large metropolitan area in the country. (Source: report by the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA, 2009-2010)
- There is very little data reported on graduation rates – a vital goal of any school – and research shows no significant academic advantage to charter schools. (Source: Professor Gary Orfield, co-director The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derchos Civiles at UCLA)
- According to a recent (2010) report by the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University Of Minnesota Law School, charter school students perform at a lower academic level than those at traditional public schools. Charter schools are nearly 9% below public schools in Reading, and nearly 10% below public schools in Math. (Source: Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota Law School, http://www.irpumn.org/uls/resources/projects/2_Charter_Report_Final.pdf)
- A massive Stanford University study found no overall evidence of the superiority of charter schools. (Source: Stanford University, CREDO National Charter School Study, http://credo.stanford.edu).
- Tax-payer funded charter schools can pay their CMO’s any salary they wish. As of the 2007-2008 school years the highest paid CMO executive received $494,269 a year (with $515,258 pension and expense account). CMO’s are those in the management and executive level of a charter school/s. This is our money paying them! (Source: Gothamschools.com, http://gothamschools.org/2009/12/04/irs-form-990s-and-charter-school-compensation)
- In Minnesota, of the 152 charter schools 17 are failing, versus 17 of the 2,485 regular public schools. A massive Stanford University study has reported that Minnesota Charter schools perform “significantly below” regular public schools. Do we want this in Cleveland? (Source: Stanford University, CREDO National Charter School Study, http://credo.stanford.edu)
- The mean scores of charter schools in reading and mathematics were lower, on average, than those for public non-charter schools. (Source: Federal Study on Charter Schools, NAEP, A Closer Look at Charter Schools Using Hierarchichal Linear Modeling, “The Nation’s Report Card” http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2006460.asp)
- None of the 29 Los Angeles Unified charter schools examined in a study released in February 2010 by the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, met state and federal standards aimed at making campuses accessible to disabled students and some even lacked wheelchair friendly bathrooms and walkways. (Source: http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14449718?nclick_check=1)