Charter

problem could be charter schools. A charter school is a public school that operates independently of the district board of education. In order for a charter school to exist, a contract must be written. It can be written by anyone, for example: educators, parents, community leaders, entrepreneurs. The contract explains what the charter school’s goals will be and applicable accountability measures. After the charter is written…

Over the last couple of years, headlines about schools have become more and more prevalent. Whether it was about school lunches (and how bad they are) or how schools are helping their students for the better, stories about schools have been and will always be in the headlines. However, there is one story that has shown up plenty of times and has no definite solution: underfunded public schools. Public schools all over the nation, from Chicago to Philadelphia, have been declining for a while.…

Governors, which governs, directs, and oversees the management of the business and affairs of the organization (American, 2015). Ultimately, the Board of Governors executes the principles of the American Red Cross, which are found in the Congressional Charter of the American Red Cross (American, 2015). Structurally, the board has a membership between 12 and 20 members, which is selected by the Board of Development Committee and requires full board approval (American, 2015). Based on prior…

News Story Analysis: Peter O’Connor: Public education is a treasure we must protect it. Education is a site of competing and contested ideas. Numerous educational reforms are being proposed or currently underway. In this news story analysis I will be unpacking and critically examining an article writtin by Peter O’Connor in regards that Public education is a treasure we must protect. The perspective I have chosen to also examine the issue is the Progressive Tradition. In this news story…

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…

have poured almost a million and a half dollars into legislator's campaign coffers to realize her dream of charter schools. Now that Michigan has charter schools, like Minnesota and its charter school system, there are a lot of charter schools that are below about par in graduation/ test scores, just like public schools. In Michigan’s charter school system, there is an abundance of charter schools that are under preforming to the standard set by the State of Michigan. Betsy DeVos has no…

high school left and i have been riding the bus ever since i can remember. The only time that i didn't take the bus to school was when i was living in new orleans. The reason was because i whent to a charter school. A charter school is a public funded school so it's not built by the state. Most charter schools make you take a test to get into them. This particular school didn't have buses so i had to ride my skateboard to school everyday. Even though most people say they hate riding the bus to…

The recent presidential election wreaked havoc among the American people. The election of Donald Trump brought many changes to the American government and society. One of these changes was the election of Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education. Elizabeth Warren, senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, believes that DeVos is both unqualified and dangerous to be responsible for the country’s education policy and student loan program. Education affects many people in the United States.…

colonized states. In 1941 the Atlantic Charter, which was signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. The Atlantic charter dictated that all Colonies should have the right to the self determination. However, Churchill and…

Change in our communities, businesses and education is inevitable. Education of our youth has predominantly been provided by our government along with non-profit and profit private schools, which co-exist within our educational system. Since 1954, the Bayer and Freesmeyer’s families have owned and operated a group of non-profit schools, known as the Rancho Solano Private Schools (RSPS). In 2007, RSPS was sold to the Meritas International Family of Schools, a for profit Illinois-based…