The Progressive Policy Institute, home of the Eduwonk, has a study out on charter schools in New York. Data-wise, there’s not much here that the state’s own five-year evaluation didn’t come up with late last year. But there’s some solid analysis of how beneficial these schools are, not just for the kids lucky enough to go to them, but as a model and spur for reform in the rest of the state’s public education system.

Unfortunately, much of the state government couldn’t care less about whether charter schools are good or bad. The Legislature and the Board of Regents only care about what their teachers-union masters think.