STOP THE PRESSES x 2 “What Makes Charter Schools Effective?”

STOP THE PRESSES x 2! At the same Columbia Business School Social Enterprise Forum in May where Steiger presented his research, Stanford Prof. Caroline Hoxby presented the attached slide presentation on "What Makes Charter Schools Effective?"  In it, she shares her research showing the enormous success of NYC's charter schools and highlights reasons for it (see slides 14 and 16 in particular).  The slides are posted at: http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/rt/null?&exclusive=filemgr.download&file_id=733887&rtcontentdisposition=filename%3DCaroline_Hoxby_Nonprofit_Leadership_Forum.pdf