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    Charter schools’ rise in popularity in the New Orleans’ school district came after Hurricane Katrina’s destruction in 2005. Hope for charter schools stemmed from the failed public education system beforehand. Hurricane Katrina offered a complete fresh slate for educators and students alike, at least so they thought. With inside lenses from Sarah Carr’s Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America 's Children, she reveals what was underneath these data-driven…

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    The charter school movement has expanded and gained power from 1997 to 2015. Although they are publicly are freed from many of the rules and commandments binding traditional public schools in a venture to increase student fulfillment. While teachers themselves have established up many charter school programs, teachers are also some of the most laud critics of the charter school development. A close look at the connection between teachers and charter schools disclose why this movement is such a…

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    Since the first established law for charter schools was passed in 1991 by Minnesota, charters have rapidly opened all over the country. The topic of charter schools these past ten years has been discussed plenty of times by politicians on how to better the education system. The heavy controversy surrounding charter schools revolves around its competition with the public school system. The opponent for public schools were private schools that offered accelerated education, although that education…

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    The program I choose is Charter School Program (CSP) which authorized by Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. And No Child Left Behind Act amended this program at 2001 year. It is administered by U.S. Department of Education at the federal level. Also, the department requires states to show adequate yearly progress (AYP) for various subgroups of students in reading and mathematics. The federal government strongly support the charter school program, one of the purpose…

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    digging deeper into the charter school structure, many may inquire whether all charter schools are the same. While each charter school system shares similar qualities, such as the fact that they are all privately managed, that they are each constructed upon the basis of promoting independent thinking, and that they are all required to follow a particular set of state standards, it is important to understand that no two charter schools are the same. Under this charter school umbrella, a variety…

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    Differences Between Charter And Public Schools

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    Charters are independent to choose their own methods of teaching thus boosting performance. Due to this most if not all provide a specialized curriculum. Such benefits are not available to public schools. As stated by Eskenazi, Stuart (July 22, 1999) their curriculum is set by the government and is to be followed strictly (pg. 2). Performance is valued in both charter and public but emphasized more in the former. Lack of good performances keeps the community away from hence enrolment numbers…

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    education for their child, yet where to start them off is the question. For many parents, determining between a charter school, or a public school can become an obstacle in and of itself. However, there are many people that do believe that there is no difference between charter schools and public schools knowing the fact that they are both publicly funded. Looking through the research, Charter schools seems to be more of an option from not only understanding that its innovative system allows a…

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    entirety of charter schools is compared to the entirety of traditional public schools, teachers of charter schools are actually less educated, experienced and content with their careers. According to researchers at Public Agenda, during the 2011-2012 school year: 48 percent of traditional public school teachers had master 's degrees, whereas 37 percent of charter school teachers had master 's degrees. On average, charter school teachers had nine years of teaching experience, whereas public…

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    public school system (Lessons in Education).…

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    Charter schools are becoming a greater debate as they continue to grow all over America. Charter schools are a nontraditional public schools that are funded with public money and have been freed from district regulations and some state laws in exchange for greater accountability to achieve performance results set forth in the charter (Spellings 1). Charter schools are just like any other school but just with a different name. Charter schools are a waste of money and are not helping better…

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