Rewarding Failure: An Education Week Investigation of the Cyber Charter Industry
With growing evidence that the nation鈥檚 cyber charter schools are plagued by serious academic and management problems, Education Week conducted a months-long investigation into what is happening in this niche sector of K-12 schooling. The result is a deep-dive account of what鈥檚 wrong with cyber charters. Education Week uncovered exclusive data on how rarely students use the learning software at Colorado鈥檚 largest cyber charter, the questionable management practices in online charters, and how lobbying in scores of states helps keep the sector growing.
This investigation won the 2016 Education Writers Association National Award for Education Reporting, Investigative Reporting: Magazines and Weeklies.
Contributors
Benjamin Herold, Staff Writer
Arianna Prothero, Staff Writer
Maya Riser-Kositsky, Assistant Librarian
Holly Peele, Librarian
Alex Harwin, Research Analyst
Sumi Bannerjee, Web Designer
Nina Goldman, Web Producer
Laura Baker, Creative Director
Gina Tomko, Art Director
Lovey Cooper, Multimedia Intern
Holly Yettick, Director, Education Week Research Center
Charles Borst, Director of Photography
Kevin Bushweller, Assistant Managing Editor
Lesli A. Maxwell, Assistant Managing Editor
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Managing Editor
Gregory Chronister, Executive Editor
Vol. 36, Issue 11