Thursday, June 26, 2014

STANDARD & POOR’S RATES OUTLOOK FOR CHARTER SCHOOL SECTOR AS ‘NEGATIVE’

By Valerie Strauss | The Washington Post Answer Sheet  | http://wapo.st/1o82oR6

June 26 at 6:00 AM  :: Standard & Poor’s has issued a new report that extends its “negative” outlook for the charter school sector. Of 214 public charter school ratings done by the agency, 41, or 19 percent, are negative while only 4 — or 2 percent — are positive. Furthermore, it says, funding has not generally “returned to pre-recessionary levels, and some schools are struggling to operate in this “new normal.’”

Here’s the complete report:

USCharterSchools (1) by The Washington Post

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