This week, the Charter Blog will follow the National School Choice Week whistle stop tour—profiling public charter school facts along the tour route (see previous stops Topeka/Kansas City, Chicago, Indianapolis/Milwaukee, and Toledo/Cleveland).
Today’s stops on the National School Choice Week (NSCW) whistle stop tour are Buffalo, Rochester and Albany, New York. New York has top-notch charter legislation, ranked 8th (out of 43) on our model law. New York also has a thriving charter sector. Albany is tied for the 7th largest market share, while New York City has the 2nd largest charter school student enrollment and is tied for the 7th largest growth in the number of public charter schools in the nation. Strong parental demand for public charter schools in New York City (there are over 50,000 students on waiting lists to attend charter schools in the city) is not surprising given that several studies have demonstrated positive academic performance gains for students who attend public charter schools (see Hoxby, CREDO, Dobby & Fryer, and Supovitz).
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