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promise a large proportion of underprivileged minority students to move to charter schools with the help of vouchers. Unfortunately, implementing a school of choice program does not do what the advocates hoped for. Granted, some schools stay truthful in their integration policies, but the majority are not. “At the national level, seventy percent of black charter school students attend intensely segregated minority charter schools (which enroll 90-100% of students from underrepresented minority…

foundation of the school will be one that is community and family based all the administration, faculty, students, and parents will work together towards the goal of success for all students. As mentioned by the students and administration in the PBS film Charter Schools That Work, “The administration and faculty will do whatever it takes to help children learn and succeed.” Each day there will be a rotational selection for morning inspiration, which is a circle up where students are encouraged…

Because of charter schools’ inability to produce significant academic differences, the government should shift educational funding elsewhere. Research has consistently found little or no difference in the academic performance between charters and their public school counterparts (Baker). In a study focusing on seven charter schools in eight different states, five had insignificant differences in math and reading, and two had small negative effects (Briggs). In another study done on a large…

Dear, Point Pleasant Beach High School I would like to thank Beach's program for touring me around the school during the open house and Dr. Grosshandler for taking the time out of his day to discuss my possible future with Point Pleasant Beach and its amazing academic program. Beach has gained a reputation of producing intelligent students and sending them off to college. Being considered for a program with such a productive system brings a monumental amount of joy to me and my family.…

fascinated with the idea of working with people in my community. I went from 6th grade to a large public school, where the social stress affected me so much that I dropped out of 7th grade my last week of school. After that I found my way to the Network Charter School, where I met people who supported the things I had to say, and who listened and encouraged me to speak out. I became part of a youth action group, YEPSA, that worked to…

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…

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…

A study by Pat António Goldsmith found that eighth-grade black and Latino students are more likely than similar white students to have “high occupational expectations, educational aspirations, and concrete attitudes” (2004). This research also suggests that black and Latinos in segregated schools have great optimism about their future education, and have more positive attitudes about class and teachers, especially if the teachers are of minority background. Goldsmith notes that this results can…

Charter schools’ rise in popularity in the New Orleans’ school district came after Hurricane Katrina’s destruction in 2005. Hope for charter schools stemmed from the failed public education system beforehand. Hurricane Katrina offered a complete fresh slate for educators and students alike, at least so they thought. With inside lenses from Sarah Carr’s Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America 's Children, she reveals what was underneath these data-driven…

I never really knew much about what a charter school is. I went to all public schools throughout my primary and secondary education. I have never been placed in a charter school for field experience either. After some research and watching the video, I obtained some background information on charter schools. I now know they are independent schools that are usually established by teacher or parents. Charter schools began for parents to become more involved in their child’s…