The expansion of charter schools is a current issue which has raised controversy.

The expansion of charter schools is a current issue which has raised controversy. The people in favor of charter schools say that their children are not getting an adequate education in the public schools, and therefore they want an opportunity to send their children to a charter school, where they believe their children will get a better education.

On the other side are people who are not in favor of the expansion of charter schools. These people claim that charter schools are taking money away from the public schools, and the education of their children will suffer by expanding charter schools.

You are a policy analyst, and have been assigned the project to look into this issue. Your goal is to determine if the students in the sixth grade at charter schools perform better academically than students in the sixth grade at public schools.

Using Bardach and Patashnik’s Eightfold Path, detail the steps you would follow to answer this question. For example, Step One – Define the Problem, Step Two – What evidence would you collect? Cover each of the steps in the Eightfold Path.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Education is one of the basic right that a parent will strive to provide for the child. However, the quality of education is one factor that every stakeholder wishes to consider. There has been a continued debate of whether chatter schools have been established to improve the quality of education at the detriment of the many public schools that exist in the US. Debate still exists on why there is a continued disparity in families that use such schools and the impact it has on bridging the gap between those who are economically empowered and those who still struggle to educate their children….