Have charter schools passed the test?
The Charter school movement has come a long way since it first began here in 2000.
Buffalo Niagara will have 16 charter schools during the upcoming school year -- the most in the state outside New York City.
Some 7,000 children are being educated at local charter schools and many charters have waiting lists.
But after nearly a decade, there still is some underlying tension between the city's traditional schools and charter schools.
"The criticisms are diminishing," said Corrinne Cristofaro, executive director of the Western New York Charter Schools Coalition, "because performance is obvious."
-- Jay Rey
