Kansas City's public schools don't have the best reputation, so it's no wonder so many families have turned to charter schools. Enrollment at charter schools in KC has more than doubled since the schools first opened.
But a report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools says that Missouri's charter schools are actually just as bad as the public schools that we spend so much time fighting over.
According to the report, commissioned by the Kauffman Foundation, charter schools underperformed on about the same level as their public counterparts. It's likely because the schools aren't monitored regularly by the state -- which has no authority to take over or close down a bad charter school -- and because they aren't getting any funding. Just like public schools!
This was probably depressing for the Kauffman Foundation to hear. The foundation is about to open the 28th charter school in KC this fall.
In the report, only Academie Lafayette and Allen
Village met standards for math proficiency, and only University Academy and
Academie Lafayette met standards for communication arts.
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