Week 4 Blog Post- This Week's Research (Scholarly Article)

The article that I found this week provided a study about a charter school and public school in North Carolina and which school had better student achievement. The article provided specific examples, scientific studies, and past research on the subject. I like how this article was exactly what my research question seeks to answer. The environment and outcome of the two schools might be different than a school in California, but the information is still accurate and will be helpful with writing my paper. The article I found states that students make considerably smaller achievement gains in charter schools than in public schools. Through the research that I have found from the past weeks, there has been a couple of sources that state that charter schools serving mostly at-risk students make a slightly larger gain than average students in traditional public schools. I find that really interesting because at-risk students might be more likely to fail, but with a charter school education have a better chance to succeed in school.

From the past couple of articles that I have found there have been more articles about the negatives of charter schools than the positives. I hope to find more positives on the side of charter schools because I am able to see firsthand how different and innovative charter schools are. I work at one and I see how the teaching styles, curriculum, and environment encourage children to explore creatively and move at their own pace.

I used the same research strategy this week as I have done in the past couple of weeks and it is my reliable method of research. I have yet to have to go onto different research databases because Google Scholar has provided enough research at the moment.

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Allison Chang