AEI Study Finds Slight Negative Tilt in Media Coverage of Charter Schools
by Mark Walsh
Education Week
May 20, 2016
A study of news coverage of charter schools shows “some evidence of a noticeable anti-charter tilt.”
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The Center for Education Reform, a Washington organization that promotes charter schools and used to grade media coverage of school reform issues, applauded the AEI report.
“It comes as no surprise that the media plays a huge role in how people perceive charter schools,” the center said. “The media can only report what they hear and see, and when opponents outnumber proponents and have a habit of spreading misinformation, it’s no wonder the media leans negative.”
Read the full article at Education Week.
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Press Perception on Charter Schools, CER Commentary 5.19.16
