Olympic Charter

My Mother’s Fight Against Education Inequality in America Inequality, as a concept is hard to quantify but, the disparity between the rich and poor in education is concrete. As America slides down the ranks in education on the world stage, the underprivileged youth suffers. In America, the land of opportunity, poor children still must overcome their socioeconomic status to receive an education equal to their richer counterparts. Education is more than an opportunity; it is a fundamental right.…

Lakeview Middle School is located in Parkville, Missouri. Lakeview attends 7th and 8th graders only and the students are separated by pods. Lakeview has a 1:1 laptop program, which means giving students their own laptops to work with. They also reward their students for numerous things like having good grades, being respectful, and not bullying with incentive parties. Here at Lakeview, the teachers, staff, and most of the students don’t prohibit bullying. We have our 4 rules we follow by which…

article “Institutional Change and Coproduction of Public Services: The Effect of Charter School on Parental Involvement Robert Bifulco, and Helen F. Ladd did provide substantial support and research to support the aim of this study, which was to conform the effect involving parental involvement on charter school. The cross-sectional study did find strong association between parents’ involvement of children attending charter schools, especially in primary and middle schools compared to similar…

This is a case study analysis of The Family Learning Center Charter School: Leadership and Accountability at a Crossroads by James R. Detert and Natalie R. Detert (2001). This case study focuses on the challenges a charter school may face when opening with a new philosophy on how to approach instruction. The Family Learning Center Charter School (FLC), founded by Dr. Wayne Jennings faced many challenges starting a new charter school: funding problems, inexperienced staff, little instructional…

Charter Schools receive public funded like traditional public schools, however; they can me more flexible and enact their own rules and techniques for teaching. Charter schools are most commonly found in low-income areas with failing school systems. They offer a choice for low-income individuals who would have other wise had to send their child to a public school. Critics of charter schools, most notably the teachers unions, argue that charter schools waste money that could…

Within charter schools there is a plethora of reasons why parents rather send there children to charter schools than public schools. Parents believe there children will get a better education in being in a charter school because they have more money, so their will be high tech resources the students can learn from. On the other hand, as for public school they are not very wealthy and might not provide higher tech equipment for the students to learn from. Furthermore, in Philadelphia there are…

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…

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…

Another reason for virtual schools is to provide a safe environment for students who fall victim to bullies. Unfortunately bullying is becoming very popular in our society, and it can mainly be found in our schools. Students who feel as though they are somewhat superior spend their time destructing their piers, which in reality is a reflection of their own insecurities. Statistics have shown that one in four children admit to having been bullied at some point in their education. Also,…

Zero tolerance policies are strict rules placed in schools to dictate pre-determined consequences for certain infractions involving violence and drugs. Offenses such as bringing a weapon to school or drug possession are to be punished with suspension or even expulsion. The purpose of these policies was to remove some of the discretion schools had over student discipline and in turn combat racism in the administration. Recently, zero tolerance policies have come under fire as more and more…