A recent analysis from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that over a 12-year span, charter schools that received special grants (charter school program awards) from the Department of Education were more likely to succeed compared to similar schools that did not receive the grant.
Charter schools with these federal grants were 1.6 times more likely to remain running five years after opening — no matter the school’s race and ethnicity make-up, grade level, locale, or poverty break-down.
