Opinion/Crowley: Are charters superior to traditional schools?
Joseph H. Crowley
Joseph H. Crowley, past president of the Rhode Island Association of School Principals, is co-author with Albert Colella of Poverty & Despair vs. Education & Opportunity. He lives in Cranston.
In Charter moratorium wrong for education (Commentary, April 29), Michael DiBiase makes the claim that charter schools have outcomes two or three times better than traditional public schools. He offers no statistics to back that claim.
In 2019-20 RICAS testing, the charters, on average, outperformed schools in Providence, Woonsocket, Central Falls and Pawtucket, districts DiBiase notes as among the lowest performing in the state. But in no instance was the difference two or three times. Charters have a number of advantages over traditional school, which are reflected in test scores. These advantages should produce better outcomes.
RIPEC floats an interesting idea for improving school funding
Statewide student spending total is $18,079 per pupil. Woonsocket and Pawtucket are spending far less on their students.
By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2021, 1 hour ago
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PROVIDENCE â Rhode Island lags behind the national average in higher education spending, and while it âconsiderably overspendsâ on K-to-12 education, those investments arenât producing great test scores or getting to the cities that need help the most.
Those are some of the findings the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council released Monday in an analysis of âHow Rhode Island Comparesâ to the United States and the rest of New England on state and local revenues and expenditures.
Rhode Islandâs higher education expenditures are 29.5 percent lower than the national average on a personal income basis and 29.9 percent lower than for the United States and New England on state and local revenues and expenditures.
RIPEC President and CEO Michael DiBiase said in a report released on Monday, “The state diverges from the nation in several areas, including our relatively high reliance on property taxes and comparatively high spending on K-12 education.”