Journalistic #3
Title: “Study of Test Scores Finds Charter Schools Lagging”
Summary: While charter schools boast of providing better education for struggling students, recent results show that, in reality, students in charter schools test lower than in public schools.
Topic: Accrediting all schools of education
Category: Journalistic
What is it? An education article in the web version of New York Times
Publication Information: New York Times online, August 23, 2006
Author: Diana Jean Schemo
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/education/23charter.html
Accessed: Feb. 2, 2009
Support:
- The Federal Education Department
- Mark S. Schneider, federal commissioner of education statistics
- Margaret Spellings, Education Secretary
- Edward J. McElroy, president of the American Federation of Teachers
- Jeanne Allen, president of the Education of Reform
- Educational Testing Service
- Martin Carnoy, a professor at Stanford University
- 2005 national assessment
Credible informants in the education system attest, in this article, to the state of charters schools. Their assessments of charters schools include explanations for their installment, their motives, and, in contrast, their results. The studies cited give further weight to the professional opinions and provide a whole picture for readers.
Audience and Agenda: The New York Times has a readership of 14,187,00.
Usefulness: Charter schools will be greatly affected if all schools of education will require accreditation, and this article spells out a few issues at play in regards to charter schools. Not only does the article aim to question the effectuality of such schools, it also lists a few corners charter schools are permitted to cut that will likely raise problems in the event of accreditation. The value of charter schools will need to be established when commencing my research paper, and credible sources are quoted giving their value of charter schools.
Work Cited: http://www.nytimes.whsites.net/mediakit/online/audience/audience_profile.php
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