The Benefits of Charter Schools - Caroline Hoxby, Ph.D. - Show-Me Institute

http://www.showmeinstitute.org/ - Caroline Hoxby, Ph.D., the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University, spoke with the Show-Me Institute on May 5, 2009, about the value of charter schools. Hoxby is also a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution, the director of the Economics of Education Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

This clip was excerpted from a larger interview with Dr. Hoxby, which can be found in two parts here:

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufAsKuQewOM

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic3zPtwIzUQ

Dr. Hoxby also delivered a lecture in Saint Louis on May 5, cosponsored by the Show-Me Institute and Saint Louis University's John Cook School of Business. The full lecture can be found in five parts here:

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPaz-MZ0o9c

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpfrlGzXucI

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kkfbCM6bbU

Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPW-ndq--U

Part 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2U0NHfEX8g

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[romand123]

propaganda? check

repulsive? check

shameful? check

When the 'right' thing is testing for the sake of testing, an analysis devoid of any real insight to ones gains of individual self fulfillment the 'right' things sounds a lot like the thing we ought not aim for. This charter movement makes me sick. Advocates should know that this path they're on will only lead to greater inequalities in our society. Who's funding the showmeinstitute anyway?

[pyrzqxglmxyzptlk]

I'm afraid that doesn't make sense, mpkartist. Charter schools are public schools, and their successes are realized despite the fact that they have LESS funding than traditional public schools. Increased funding doesn't lead to success -- the real difference is in how schools are organized and how students are taught.

[mpkartist]

Liar. Public schools could do anything a "charter school" could do if they were properly funded.

[ohohmrbill1]

Take the time to look up Gulen charter schools. Some schools have a hidden agenda Sonoran Scince academy takes parents,students and teacher to Turkey part of that trip every year is to visit a mosque. Your taxes are paying for these charter schools. Please take the time to google it. Weebly gulen, gulen charter school, charterschoolwatchdog.

[MACSCharterSchool]

Very true..thanks for dispelling many charter school myths..