The Disadvantages Of Charter Schools

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Based on our research, one of the main disadvantage charter schools have is different racial students attend more than White students (The Civil Rights Project). For example, charter schools have a larger population of Black students which means, segregation occurs (Ibid). Besides Black students, there are also other racial groups that are included with the cause of segregation (Ibid). This shows that charter school had difficulties combining racial students and white students together (Ibid). Second, Charter schools is known to have a compact school (Connect Us). When it comes to protest Charter School has complications due to small space and environment (Ibid). For instance, there came a situation where in Oakland Academy in Portage a very

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