What should I know about charter schools?
With more than 1.6 million kids enrolled in 5,000 charter schools across 39 states (and the District of Columbia), and hundreds of thousands of children waiting to get in—charter schools are an increasingly popular education option for many families.
Yet many parents are still yearning for more information about these innovative schools of choice.
What is a charter school? Are they expensive? Is there some kind of charter school admission litmus test?
These are some of the most often asked questions by parents who are looking are shopping for junior’s academics. And these queries are not unique to parents.
Charter schools seem to be the education buzzword on everyone's lips nowadays.
Here are 5 basic facts everyone should know about charter schools.
- Charter schools are public schools
- Charter schools are tuition free (see number one)
- Charter schools must admit any student, regardless of sex, race, family income, special needs, handicap, etc (see number one)
- Charter schools have the freedom to make many decisions at school level. Including: curriculum selection, hiring of staff, school schedule, and class sizes
- Chartered public schools are designed to be different than non-chartered public schools. Otherwise, what’s the point of choice? Right?
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Great article! People are often confused about charter schools, but your defnition shows that the concept really is quite simple.
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