Charter

Interactive Academy will be a project based learning charter school in Washington, DC. At capacity it will serve 400 students in Pre-kindergarten-5th grade. In the initial year of operation, Interactive Academy will serve students in grades PK- K. The target population of Interactive Academy is at-risk youth located in underserved communities. Interactive Academy has chosen to start with pre-kindergarten because of the dire need for intervention at the earliest age possible. Because of the…

All immigrants should be required to learn to read and write English well, so they can have the same opportunities as everyone else. Living in America and not knowing how to speak English causes multiple complications. Some of the complications are not being able to read labels on prescription pills, menus in a restaurant, chemicals in products, and not understanding agreements in renting a house or in preceding surgical procedures. In the article from CNN, Kennedy proclaims, “Learning English…

Education is so significant in our lives as it not only affects us directly, but also indirectly and impacts the people who are surrounding us and the people who will be born after us. Education is also provided to US citizens by the government through public schools. These public schools, intended to impart learning for any child in the country equally, has been creating a deep division in success mainly diverged by socioeconomic classes. What is wrong with the current US public education…

For decades Diane Ravitch was a tremendous supporter and proponent of school reform, advocating for government and privatized educational reforms such as America 2000, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), accountability, and charter schools. The ideas of reconstructing and reorganizing the public school system seemed like it was too good to be true; and Ravitch realized that this vision was in fact just that. Through Ravitch’s experiences, she has been exposed to the truth of the reforms that took…

Stevenson says that “high-flying charter schools” are not fair because the parents take initiative to apply the students to the schools, and they have to sign contracts agreeing to study, and have high performance. If the students don’t comply with the contract then they have to withdraw…

discipline of the kids. Many people, mostly students, disagree with school uniforms and may have different opinions and perspectives. Mostly public schools are the ones who make uniforms mandatory. Charter schools are the ones that do not require uniforms to be worn by the students. That is only because charter schools usually have better…

Immediately after Elementary school, I transferred to a strict charter school and remained there for four and a half years. Though the charter school was known for its academic achievements and its high test rankings, the academic success wasn’t enough for me. I craved a more wholesome learning experience. I realized halfway through sophomore year that the academics were only half the battle. I lacked the ability to communicate efficiently with others. The move from a tight-knit school of 650…

What is Privatization? There are many definitions that you can find for privatization, and there are many positive and negative emotions that this word brings about. Parents, students, and especially educators are blinded to the impact of what privatization can have on the education of our society. According to Merriam-Webster, the definition is to remove (something) from government control and place it in private control or ownership. In other words change the ownership from public to…

Project Charter The Operations Vice President of Wilmont’s George Cranston has made and agreement with DroneTech CEO Jordan Kempler to come together to form a new service system that delivers medicine by drones. This fits into both of their company’s strategic plan because they both want to explore the new technology to help grow their businesses. The core foundation for this new invention is to provide fast, easy service using a drone to fly to people homes that want their prescriptions…

1955, before the subsequent ban on the ANC by the National Party Government, the ANC put forth the Freedom Charter as the framework for an equal, deracialized South Africa. The key attributes of the Freedom Charter was the union of all races; White, Black, colored, Indian and Asian and popular governance as a key factor in post-Apartheid society. The all-encompassing nature of the freedom charter resonated with the disadvantaged racial categories within South Africa, and provided assurance to…