While charter school advocates criticize public school bureaucracies as bloated and wasteful, it turns out that charters spend more on administration and less on instruction than traditional public schools, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar. The study, which examines school spending in Michigan, found that charter schools spend...
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David Arsen, professor of K-12 education administration in the Michigan State University College of Education, co-wrote the cover story for the August 2011 issue of The School Administrator, which focuses on the charter school movemement. In their article, “Shaking Up Public Schools with Competition,” Arsen and University of Utah assistant professor Yongmei Ni examine the pros...
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