Judge charter progress, too

Some high-profile studies have cast a cloud over the charter school movement, a Journal Sentinel story recently noted. A study released the other day by the U.S. Education Department says needy students in charter schools have done more poorly in math and reading than did needy students in regular public schools. Other studies, including one on this state�s charter schools by University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher John Witte, have come to the opposite conclusion.