News Summary

• Charter schools are funded by government and teach the provincial curriculum but they’re run by non-profits.
• On every test, the average test score for charter schools was higher than for government-run public and Catholic schools.
• On average, charter school students earned a grade a little over nine percentage points higher, basically the difference between a “B” and an “A” It’s often argued that charter schools only admit top-performing students.
• But although some schools do offer programs for gifted children, others help children in underprivileged categories.