Charter schools are unique public schools that are allowed the freedom to be more innovative while being held accountable for advancing student achievement (“About Charter Schools”). In the United States, many different education reforms compete for the attention of political leaders, policy makers, parents, and school officials. Charter schools constitute one of the most widespread and important of these (Buckley and Schneider 1). Charter schools were created to help improve the United States public school system and offer parents another public school option to better meet their child’s specific needs (“About Charter Schools”). It is very important for children to get a good education so that they can one day live the life that they have
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Charter school teachers have a say in the curriculum they teach and can change materials to meet students’ needs (“What Is A Charter School?”). Charter schools are not held to many of the rules and regulations of traditional public schools. For example, charter schools can create their own curriculum and grading systems, and teachers are not required to have a master's degree or state teaching certification (“Is a Charter School Right for Your Child?”). Charter schools have the freedom to lengthen their school day and year to provide more time in the classroom, establish their own educational culture, hire and fire teachers for performance, and tie teacher pay to performance. But in exchange they have more accountability. If charter schools do not demonstrate student achievement, they can and will be closed (“About Charter Schools”). Students are diverse in their needs when it comes to learning, meaning that it takes more time for some students to understand a lesson compared to other students who can catch on to a lesson quickly. If charter schools see that having longer classroom instruction time benefits the students they will have longer school days. Ultimately, it is important for charter schools to meet the needs of its …show more content…
Jim Hull, a Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Public Education, examined that on average students nationwide in 17 percent of charter schools performed significantly better than if they had attended their neighborhood traditional public school. On the contrary, students in 37 percent of charter schools performed significantly worse, and students in the remaining 46 percent of charter schools did not perform significantly better or worse than if they had attended their neighborhood traditional public school (“How Do Charter Schools Compare”). However, research shows students who attend charter schools score higher on college entrance exams, such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT). They are also more likely to graduate high school and attend college than similar students in traditional public schools (“How Do Charter Schools Compare”). In the long run students who attend charter school will be more prepared for college and they will still get a quality
Charter school teachers have a say in the curriculum they teach and can change materials to meet students’ needs (“What Is A Charter School?”). Charter schools are not held to many of the rules and regulations of traditional public schools. For example, charter schools can create their own curriculum and grading systems, and teachers are not required to have a master's degree or state teaching certification (“Is a Charter School Right for Your Child?”). Charter schools have the freedom to lengthen their school day and year to provide more time in the classroom, establish their own educational culture, hire and fire teachers for performance, and tie teacher pay to performance. But in exchange they have more accountability. If charter schools do not demonstrate student achievement, they can and will be closed (“About Charter Schools”). Students are diverse in their needs when it comes to learning, meaning that it takes more time for some students to understand a lesson compared to other students who can catch on to a lesson quickly. If charter schools see that having longer classroom instruction time benefits the students they will have longer school days. Ultimately, it is important for charter schools to meet the needs of its …show more content…
Jim Hull, a Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Public Education, examined that on average students nationwide in 17 percent of charter schools performed significantly better than if they had attended their neighborhood traditional public school. On the contrary, students in 37 percent of charter schools performed significantly worse, and students in the remaining 46 percent of charter schools did not perform significantly better or worse than if they had attended their neighborhood traditional public school (“How Do Charter Schools Compare”). However, research shows students who attend charter schools score higher on college entrance exams, such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT). They are also more likely to graduate high school and attend college than similar students in traditional public schools (“How Do Charter Schools Compare”). In the long run students who attend charter school will be more prepared for college and they will still get a quality