Charter school

identify factors contributing to consistently high test scores for third through twelfth grade students at Xavier Charter School in Twin Falls, Idaho. At this stage in the research, the high test scores will be generally defined as 85% of students meeting or exceeding established state performance standards. From 2007-2014, I was involved in founding Xavier Charter School. When the school started, carefully selected teachers were recruited and provided with a collection of home-schooling…

When evaluating my current teaching setting, Agora Cyber Charter School, by the criteria Bybee (2013) presents in The Case for STEM Education: Challenges and Opportunities, I would identify my setting as running a version of STEM 1.0, or even 0.75. The reason Agora receives this rating is because it “has a standards-based K-12 programs for all students in the content areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In STEM 1.0, the disciplines may be separate” (Bybee, 2013, p. 82).…

Donny is nine years old and is in the fourth grade. Harriet Tubman Charter School is a public, non-profit independent school. There are twenty-five students in the class. Donny has a mother and father who are not together. He splits up his time with them during the week. Donny has an older brother that attends Harriet Tubman Charter School, he is in the sixth grade. Gargiulo stated (2012), “family interactions comprise the relationships and interactions among and between the various family…

Recently I did my observation at Chime Institute 's Schwarzenegger Community School in a first-grade class that consisted of about twenty students both those of who have disabilities and do not. These students are typically six years old and at the time there was one teacher and one assistant who led the class. In the classroom, there was also one paraprofessional for the student with special needs. The mother of the child was also there guiding her daughter and helping with any questions the…

Overview Élan Academy Charter School was unanimously authorized by the Orleans Parish School Board of Education on May 17, 2016. We will add a grade level each year thereafter to educate Kindergarten through eighth grade students by 2023. Élan Academy Charter School is committed to being one of the best elementary public schools in our nation. We will achieve our mission by providing every student with the academic skills, knowledge, and ethical foundation to be set on the path to college-…

As the 2015 to 2016 school year comes to a close and the seniors prepare to leave Pembroke Pines Charter High School and venture off to do bigger and greater things, they leave their legacy and positions behind. Soon, the grueling task of choosing the next candidates that can live up to the high expectations left from the graduating officers will be here. Being an officer for any club is a difficult task and that takes leadership and determination, I believe that I possess not only these…

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…

going debate of the Charter School Movement and counter-movement. The why is clear, in that both movements’ goals are to provide opportunities for a quality education. The how question however, is a lot less clear. But through careful examination, I will argue that both the pro-charter school movement and the anti-charter school movement employ rights language advance their own interests. To illustrate this, I will apply the ideas from scholars Hunt and Gramsci, who…

it's about why public charter schools are more effective than public school. The reason the question was asked would someone rather drive a volkswagen or Mercedes-Benz is because it's a comparison of public schools and public charter school to cars. Basically would someone just want to go to school or go to the best school and get the best education (i.e the volkswagen or Mercedes-Benz). The attention grabber in the essay is used to show the reader how public charter school is the Mercedes-Benz…

I am at camp Henry with my middle school New Branches Charter Academy.I was in the eighth grade we was with the seventh and sixth graders. We did a lot of activities and stayed there for three days.It was so cold when we went, we went in March I believe.But little did i know one out of those three days was the bestdays of my life. As soon as I got off the bus,I knew this would be a special place to have fun.When we got off the bus we see a lot of conoes and cabins and houses along the side.As we…