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Here is another example: "A Sea of Charter Schools in Detroit Leaves Students Adrift" https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/us/for-detroits-children-more-school-ch
by xname2 10y ago
Here is another example: "A Sea of Charter Schools in Detroit Leaves Students Adrift" https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/us/for-detroits-children-more-school-choice-but-not-better-schools.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/us/for-detroits-children-...
According to NYT: "half the charters perform only as well, or worse than, Detroit’s traditional public schools."
According to data from the cited study: Half the charters perform significantly better, around half no significant difference, a small percentage (1% in reading, 7% in math) perform significantly worse.
See: https://jaypgreene.com/2016/06/29/nyt-hatchet-job-on-charters/ https://jaypgreene.com/2016/06/29/nyt-hatchet-job-on-charter...
- Bartweiss 10y agoYet another: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/opinion/sunday/how-the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-got-a-little-bit-safer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/opinion/sunday/how-the-mo... Give that a read and try to work out when and why Honduras became the most dangerous place on Earth. The entire piece overlooks the fact that the danger is a recent issue, and the American role in propping up the government that made it happen. It's less clear-cut than bad stats, but it got them called out by a bunch of neutral groups for white-washing a major coup.