Comparing Apples to Oranges? Examining Funding and Resources Available to Traditional Public and Public Charter Schools

• In Event: Schools, Teachers and Student Outcomes

Brief Overview

Charter schools are publicly-funded, privately-administered schools; thus their finances are subject to much scrutiny. We examine obstacles to analyzing charter school finances and offer solutions to overcome them using a national dataset.

Authors

• Alison Heape Johnson, University of Arkansas

• Josh B. McGee, University of Arkansas

• Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas