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Govt to convert 35 state schools to charter schools
(www.newshub.co.nz)
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If we look at a country level then things like attitude towards education, the specific implementation differing between countries, or the general social structure outside of school differing may make comparisons meaningless.
Another factor is that "charter school" doesn't necessarily mean run by a company, just that they have an agreement with the government (a charter) that says they don't have to follow the normal curriculum. But from my understanding charter schools in NZ are privately run?
Regardless, there are some studies. Here's an article about one:
This study shows that charter schools are slow to get started (i.e. perform poorly at the start) and slowly catch up to public schools over time:
This article talks about how charter schools and public schools are as good as the people running them:
Hmm. Sometimes I wonder if this “Dave” is, indeed, an AI.
Hmm, I just checked my fingers and they do look a bit strange. If I was AI, how would I know?
We're all AI, some of us are executing on biological hardware.
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