November 22, 2021 7:32 pm
I spent a year and a half at a ‘no-excuses’ charter school – this is what I saw
To better understand what happens at charter schools – and as a sociologist who focuses on education – I spent a year and a half at a particular type of urban charter school that takes a “no-excuses” approach toward education. My research was conducted from 2012 through 2013, but these practices are still prevalent in charter schools today.