The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools on Tuesday announced the release of the third annual rankings of state charter school laws across the country - and Arizona's law fell from 11th to 15th.
Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws analyzes the country's 42 state laws. Each state is scored on how well it supports charter school quality, accountability and growth.
Arizona's law dropped because other states made significant jumps in their ranking.
There were 508 charter schools in Arizona last year, comprising more than 23 percent of the state's public schools. More than 11.5 percent of public school students were attending charters in Arizona, according to an earlier report released by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
Leon Ceniceros posted at 9:31 pm on Tue, Jan 17, 2012.
Well far be it from me to presume to "clarify" or "illuminate" what the ..."staff and wire reports" disclosed but ....as Sgt. Joe Friday from the L.A.P.D. TV show of the 1950's always said....."the facts....just the facts"...from what I can determine from the website of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Rankings of State's support of Charter School Laws...
1. There were 14 States ranked above Arizona.
2. There were 25 States ranked below Arizona
3. There were 9 States with no Charter School Laws
4. That puts Arizona in the upper 2/3rds to 3/4trs of all the States = NOT TOO SHABBY FOR A LITTLE STATE LIKE ARIZONA....NOT TOO SHABBY