Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Doomed to Fail: An Analysis of Charter School Closures from 1998 to 2022 |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Carol Burris, Network for Public Education (NPE) |
| Source: |
Network for Public Education. 2024. |
| Availability: |
Network for Public Education. 225 East 36th Street, Apartment 10-O, New York City, New York 10016. Tel: 646-678-4477; e-mail: info@networkforpubliceducation.org; Web site: https://networkforpubliceducation.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
42 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Charter Schools, School Closing, School Choice, Trend Analysis, Failure, Financial Problems, Educational Finance, School Administration, Academic Achievement, Parents, Access to Information, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education |
| Geographic Terms: |
South Carolina, Texas (San Antonio), Nevada, New Hampshire, Tennessee (Memphis), Mississippi, Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Colorado, Louisiana (New Orleans) |
| Abstract: |
Studies of charter closure rates typically focus on year-to-year closures. While important for researchers, such studies provide little guidance to families seeking to understand the risk of enrolling their child in a charter school. That is because studies determining how many schools close each year provide no information on how long the school served students. Although every school's fate cannot be predicted, there are trends. This report summarizes what was learned while highlighting cases that illustrate the effects of school closures on the families and communities they serve. It also show that school closures are more voluntary than forced, with 40 percent of closures giving parents little, if any, advance warning. More often than not, it found patterns of decreasing enrollment or other warning signs that school officials ignored or failed to share with the families they served. [This report is a partnership with the National Center for Charter School Accountability (NCCSA).] |
| Abstractor: |
ERIC |
| Entry Date: |
2024 |
| Accession Number: |
ED662911 |
| Database: |
ERIC |
