Australia should embrace 'US-style privately managed public schools'

By Matthew Knott
Updated August 31 2015 - 4:13pm, first published 10:22am
Charter schools have the potential to boost academic performance, a new report has found.
Charter schools have the potential to boost academic performance, a new report has found.

State governments should look to US-style "charter schools" - privately managed public schools - as a way to boost the poor academic results of Australian students, a new report argues.