Imagine for a moment that stores only sold one size of pants, and the regulations set by the government would not allow any other size to be made available. This might sound absurd but it is much like what is happening with our nations education. Americans enjoy a wide variety of self choice, with that being gifted enough to select the pants that fit the best. Think for a second about traditional public school education, and realize that for years the public school system has extended a one size fits all approach to the children of the American nations education. Starting in the twenty first century, the public school system began to show its age, where higher rates of children began to fall behind in a rapidly changing environment, and was
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School choice initiatives, collectively referred to as charter schools, and school voucher programs, allow parents the freedom to choose individualized education options for the children who do not fit the criteria of a one size fits all education. Certificates that are used to pay for education at a school of choice is known as a voucher school program. On the other hand, publically funded schools that have been freed from inefficient public school system rules in exchange for accountability to produce positively, measurable results is known as charter schools. An exciting opportunity currently revolutionizing public education is that of the parents ability to choose which education path is most fitting for the child’s unique …show more content…
For decades there has been school choice for families that could afford it. The wealthy have always provided very expensive private schools for their children, and middle class families with the resources have moved to neighborhoods that offered the best schools. But the poor, often in urban areas, have had no other option than to send their children to under performing and sometimes even dangerous public schools. Through school choice initiatives poor families have been given the same opportunities to send their children to safer and better performing schools which others have enjoyed for many years. In addition to the urban poor, other often overlooked groups can greatly benefit from a system that allows individual schools to focus on gifted, special education, or teen pregnancy programs (Chub). It’s clear that choices in schools allow a custom fit of education solutions for every type of
School choice initiatives, collectively referred to as charter schools, and school voucher programs, allow parents the freedom to choose individualized education options for the children who do not fit the criteria of a one size fits all education. Certificates that are used to pay for education at a school of choice is known as a voucher school program. On the other hand, publically funded schools that have been freed from inefficient public school system rules in exchange for accountability to produce positively, measurable results is known as charter schools. An exciting opportunity currently revolutionizing public education is that of the parents ability to choose which education path is most fitting for the child’s unique …show more content…
For decades there has been school choice for families that could afford it. The wealthy have always provided very expensive private schools for their children, and middle class families with the resources have moved to neighborhoods that offered the best schools. But the poor, often in urban areas, have had no other option than to send their children to under performing and sometimes even dangerous public schools. Through school choice initiatives poor families have been given the same opportunities to send their children to safer and better performing schools which others have enjoyed for many years. In addition to the urban poor, other often overlooked groups can greatly benefit from a system that allows individual schools to focus on gifted, special education, or teen pregnancy programs (Chub). It’s clear that choices in schools allow a custom fit of education solutions for every type of