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Charter Schools
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Kia Mullins
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8/19/2010
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Charter Schools
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Charter schools are established privately by parents, teachers or activities who feel
generally bounded by some of the restrictions of contemporary public schools. The basic
idea behind charter schools is to develop a liberal realization towards education. Charter
school brings in relaxed norms amongst the students since it can be attended on choice.
Substantial difference among public and charter schools lies in following some specific
According to the latest survey conducted by a private body it was seen that in just one
year the demand for the charter schools has increased up to 21%. As most states limit the
number of students that can be enrolled in one charter school therefore due to huge
wasting list around 5000 more schools would be needed to accommodate the children on
system," said Jeanne Allen, president of The Center for Education Reform.
informed decisions and select the best schools for their children.
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One of the reasons quoted for charter schools to be more favorable than public schools is
that it brings a fresh look to the environment. Prosperity can only be achieved with
Charter schools are not bound by the same rules and regulations implied on local public
schools therefore they provide a free and refreshing atmosphere to the students to think
on their own and be as innovative as the students can. A Stanford economist conducted
research and found out that children who attend charter schools from kindergarten to 8th
grade can actually lessen their learning gap as compared to the affluent students in public
Although charter schools are similar to public school except for the fact that they are
generally more relaxed than public schools when it comes to following rules and
regulations set up by unions and bureaucracy. A child at young age is very tender and
sensitive and this should be the years when upbringing must be done properly in order to
secure a better future for the child. Charter schools actually provide that healthy
environment to develop a strong base for the students without the extra burden of work.
These schools enhance the thinking and creative ability of the child so that the child’s
The majority of the students in charter schools are poor black or Hispanic and due to this
the gap between white and black community is being lowered. Today society is
extremely diverse and the country that wishes to be successful needs to take care of the
minorities dwelling there and once that gap has been eradicated it forms a nation. Hence
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if the children of the nation learn to respect moral codes of the society then a country can
be as progressive as she wants. That sense of realization in children can only come from
good schooling. This is what charter schools offer. Children of today are adults of
Due to the popularity of the charter schools it can be concluded that they do provide more
educational and creative diversity than public schools and they do that by self-paced
learning which means that each and every child has a different capacity and ability to
retain information therefore every child’s potential to learn varies from student to student
and charter schools understand this which helps in letting the child work its own way by
Charter schools particularly pay more attention to arts or sciences. Due to low strength of
student in school the level of individual attention is far better then any public school. A
child might be very good in one subject but lacks in another, thus special attention would
help the teachers to find out the weakness in the students and work on that point.
In addition, the parents have a say in what their child is being taught in the charter
schools. This again builds up confidence in the student as they are not being taught the
regular curriculum or subjects that they are not interested in instead newer subjects with
Less restrictive classroom environments are provided in the charter schools, students are
allowed frank discussions which inculcate the freedom of speech. This helps students
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learn to listen as well as take the criticism from others that would be beneficial in their
professional life. They discover how to communicate and how to agree to different point
of views.
Charter schools also are freed from the bureaucracy of traditional schools.
Due to the lack of restrictions on how charters are able to organize, they
bureaucracies. This allows for more creative control over instruction, often
Due to this reason the school has more innovative, creative, and expressive styles of
learning which helps the student understand better. Students especially younger ones
have low concentration span and therefore lose their attention easily, so to keep the
lecture alive, crisp and interesting, teachers present themselves with new and innovative
ideas.
One of the famous author describes his personal experience of charter school in following
words :
Charter school programs are great for at-risk students. For example, I had
fallen into the wrong crowd at my regular high school and was planning
on dropping out. Although I did not enjoy going to the charter school, it
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did put me on the right track, and I also made much better friends and was
therefore spending less time doing the wrong things. (Hess, n.d)
Thus it states that children who have had troublesome past can turn to charter schools for
help. The free atmosphere and fewer obligations would help them become a better human
being. Children in general don’t like to go to any school but this school changed authors’
(mentioned above) entire life and pushed him on the road of success.
The opponents of charter schools often talk about the stability of the schools, as they are
required to meet standards and if they do not their licenses are under a threat of being
canceled and they could be shut down. As stated in one of the article
In exchange for the funding and freedom, charter schools must live up to a
for their students. If a school fails to meet its contractual goals, usually
within four to five years, the state can revoke its charter and close the
school. Public schools are not required to meet this type of standard.
(Needlman, 2001)
On one hand principally this is unfair to the charter schools because public schools are
not answerable about the number of drop outs or the poor result produced by the students.
On the other hand this makes charter schools much more challenging as they would work
harder to achieve better results and bring a sense of competitiveness in educational sector.
Developing some specific goals makes charter schools much more competitive as they
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have to get a good result, since it is also a prerequisite of establishing such schools. This
could be of a huge advantage for the students as teachers and the management work even
harder to save their school. Thus even the principal criticism is a blessing in disguise.
Another major criticism about the charter schools is that they promote inequality and
group exclusion. Any charter school that is sponsored by any individual community can
But again this can be easily rejected by the statistics of the 2010 report issued by CER,
Data indicates that low-income and minority families make up the bulk of
60+ percent of the children are poor, and children of color comprise 52
This clearly negates the criticism about the inequality the charter schools are evidently
enhancing the process of equality in the local education system. They are favoring the
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It has been stated that students from charter schools are deprived of extracurricular
activities and that they are deprived of activities such as prom or sports and because of a
lack of after school programs, clubs, and school oriented activities, charter school’s
student feels under privileged in front of the students who continued in normal school,
and may often feel like the heavier course load is not a benefit in contrast to being a
This is the fault of government as they should increase the funding of the charter schools
as they have already seen the productive results they have shown so they are ought to be
provided more authority and greater financial benefits for the enhancement of extra co
curricular activities. In this way children studying do not feel left out from the rest of the
regular public school students and enjoy a regular school life at the same time. In fact
government should be more concerned about the charter schools because of the under
privileged students there. These communities should be given extra benefits as compare
to others because granting minorities their rights is what causes a nation to be great. This
Last but not the least it has been evaluated that the more impositions are put forward, the
greater one feels imprisoned. Let the innovative thinker, artist inside the child dwell and
let the child think on its own. Let them decide what subjects they want to have and what
curriculum they want to follow. All students cannot work at the same pace therefore
individual attention is required at one point of time so charter schools are there for that
purpose so that the child could be creative and excel in its profession later in life.
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Needlman, R. (June 13, 2001). Charter Schools. In The Dr. Spock Company. Retrieved
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