May 13, 2021
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Today’s piece is by Joanne W. Golann, of Vanderbilt University.
(THE CONVERSATION) Charter schools are 30 years old as of 2021, and the contentious debate about their merits and place in American society continues.
To better understand what happens at charter schools – and as a sociologist who focuses on education – I spent a year and a half at a particular type of urban charter school that takes a “no-excuses” approach toward education. My research was conducted from 2012 through 2013, but these practices are stillprevalent in charter schools today.