According to NYT: "half the charters perform only as well, or worse than, Detroit’s traditional public schools."
According to data from the cited study: Half the charters perform significantly better, around half no significant difference, a small percentage (1% in reading, 7% in math) perform significantly worse.
See: https://jaypgreene.com/2016/06/29/nyt-hatchet-job-on-charter...
Give that a read and try to work out when and why Honduras became the most dangerous place on Earth. The entire piece overlooks the fact that the danger is a recent issue, and the American role in propping up the government that made it happen. It's less clear-cut than bad stats, but it got them called out by a bunch of neutral groups for white-washing a major coup.
For example, the actual study cited by the first article says 39% of colleges expect a decrease in international enrollments, 35% expect an increase, and the remainder expect it to be about the same. Weirdly the 35% doesn't appear in the article.
After reading this article, do you think colleges overall are seeing a significant drop in international applicants, a significant increase, or it stayed about the same?
Or here's another example: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/upshot/free-market-for...
After reading this article, what do you think about the general views of economists on school vouchers?