Charters Not So Great?

According to CNN charter school students are scoring lower in both math and reading. Interesting considering how many people are saying charter schools are the key to our education problems.

Personally I think this study is flawed because how different charter schools can be. For example in Deleware the charter schools are often the best schools in the state because the public schools are in such bad shape. The best teachers in Deleware want to teach at charter schools.

In many areas of Pennsylvania the situation is reversed. Charter schools aren't so great because many of the public schools are doing very well and also pay much better. So in Pennsylvania often the best teachers are working in public schools. This is a broad generalization and is not true in all areas. Also this is completely based on what I have experienced not on any hard data. Although I do believe this makes it hard to study charter schools nationwide when they are so different from state to state.