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Charter school students are outpacing students in traditional public schools according to a new report released by the Florida Department of Education today.

The report compared students based on the FCAT, achievement gaps and learning gains. In almost every category charter school students outpaced traditional students. Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll attended a ground breaking for a new charter school in Tallahassee today. Carroll says having options makes education better.

“It creates competition in the environment because what we had been doing has created D and F schools we can not continue on that path, therefore we have to do new and innovative things,” said Carroll.

Florida now has more than 500 charter schools statewide, educating more than 180-thousand students.