Advantages And Disadvantages Of Charter Schools

Charter Schools are an alternative way to traditional public schools. These types of schools do not have the same restriction and regulation that traditional public schools do. Therefore, they have the “freedom to be more innovative while still being held accountable for advancing students ' achievement.” (National Alliance for Public Schools) Since the charter schools are still public schools they accept all children, no tuition charge, and no special exam to attend. This helps parents that don’t want to enroll their children in traditional public school or private school. There are advantages and disadvantages when it comes to knowing if a charter school is truly improving education.
A charter school enhances the education opportunities and autonomy that is accessible in a particular community. Traditional public schools are run by a school district or organization, but charter schools are not part of it. Charter schools can select their own charter school members, and they are in charge of seeing all aspects of the charter schools without having the public district telling them what to do. Moreover, charter schools …show more content…
Sometimes charter schools spend their time trying to find funding for their schools. Not all the charter schools are designed the same. “The financially viability of a charter school is dependent on the states” (Miron, 2011, p. 625). States decide how they want to distribute their school funds and choose to give the schools money in what they feel is appropriate for the students’ needs. If a teacher does not have the educational resources to teach the students it starts to affect the way they teach them. Also, it starts to become difficult for charter schools to let in any more children and children that have a special educational requirement. Funding varies from state to state, if charter school wants to be innovating, they would need the money to make it