U of C study gives charter high schools a performance edge

Do charter schools really perform better than regular, non-selective public schools, particularly in the crucial high school years?

Researchers have been battling over that for years, and now a new report from the University of Chicago's Consortium on School Research comes down solidly in the middle of that debate, appearing to give charters an edge, but one that doesn't always hold up and one that strongly varies with the quality of the charter involved...