Charter school

recovering and rebuilding. Another headache parents dealt with was deciding on which schools to send their kids to. The choices parents had was charter schools or public schools. For parents making sure that their children attend to a good school was one of the most important decision to make. A school that their child can thrive, fits into the environment comfortably, and that can receive a great education. A school where teachers are highly experienced and qualified to teach their children was…

Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, it devastated everything in its wake. This included the public school system. Many schools were left empty and teachers found themselves unemployed. Ten years after the destruction of the infamous hurricane, schools are performing better than ever. With the relocation of the occupants of New Orleans, the cleansing of faculty in schools, and the changing-of-hands of school owners, New Orleans has surpassed the expectations from ten years prior. Katrina was…

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…

In this week’s journal, I am going to talk about an interesting topic. That topic is about charter school. I have heard about charter school before. However, I did not enough or sufficient information about charter school. Last week, I was driving home and listening to NPR radio station program “Here & Now”. I was lucky to hear the debate about charter school. I really liked the discussion and enjoyed the debate. So, I am going to summarize the discussion and write about what I have learned from…

indicator of the charter movements successes. “Parents want choice in education, and the overwhelming majority of parents who choose charter schools are happy with that choice.” (Richwine, 3) Even though these schools generally have the smaller class sizes and other things that families believe is important to them, Richwine found that the reading and math test scores did not rise as a result of attending these schools. This means, that most charter schools, in addition to public schools, are…

9/19/16 Ms. Kia Hayes Executive Director Girls4Girls Foundation 1837 Girls Road, Pa 10015 Dear Ms. Kia Hayes, Universal Vare Charter School is pleased to present this proposal for your review. We look forward to partnering with you to provide a reading program for our students with poor reading skills called Learning Without Limits! Universal Vare Charter School has over 400 students with about half at risk with a reading performance of at least two years behind their current grade level…

going on currently in Alabama on whether or not to allow charter schools. The Alabama Legislature Branch passed a law called the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act and Governor Bentley made it official on March 19, 2015. The bill passed the Senate with a vote of 24-11 and the House with a vote of 58-41. The Alabama Coalition for Public Schools gave an overview of the rules for the charter schools to operate in Alabama. Charter schools are not a stable bridge over the ever-widening…

Since school culture is contributed by many aspects it is essential that data are collected to represent each aspect that influences it. The research method will use both qualitative and quantitative data assess the current status of each area. The data collected will look firstly at the school-wide characteristics or traits and secondly at the daily indicators or personality. The five major characteristics will be school norms, school beliefs, school traditions, school rituals and school…

education their children can receive. Unlike years past when children went to school where they live, now parents can base their children’s education on what is best for each individual child. In the last 20 years the number of Charter Schools have grown across the United States. Although Charter Schools are a free choice and publically funded, typically their approach to education and operations are very different. Charter schools can design the curriculum to enhance the chosen students and…

Generally, the charter school is known for going there because students choose to. Stereotypically, some people think that it is a type of school for people with a lot of money. Some might even think that it is a school for kids that get kicked out of public schools and have nowhere else to go. Controversial and experimental teaching styles. It has also been thought that charter schools have more funding than public schools, but little do they know that it is the other way around. The issue with…