Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 1218 Location: Washington state
Charter School Posted: 10-07-04 22:12pm
Does any one know what this is?
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Michelle1337
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Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 1739 Location: Houston, Texas
Posted: 10-07-04 22:17pm
What is a charter school?
A charter school is a new form of public
school that may be started and operated by
individuals or organizations from outside
of the traditional school district system.
Successful charter school developers are
granted a charter to operate a public
school for a fixed period of time (in
california usually for 5 years). Charter
schools are generally exempt from most
laws that apply to regular public schools,
so administrators, faculty, staff and
parents have considerable autonomy in
designing an educational program,
facilities and budget that meet the needs
of their students. In exchange for this
increased autonomy, charter schools are
held much more strictly accountable than
most non-charter public schools. Charter
schools must meet all of the student
performance and operational goals listed
in their charter, or their charter may be
revoked. The first charter school law
was passed in minnesota in 1992.
California was the second state to enact
charter legislation in 1992, authored by
then senator gary k. Hart. There are now
37 states, plus puerto rico and
washington, d.C., with charter schools.
The charter school reform concept is part
of a larger policy effort to fundamentally
alter the structure of the public
education system in an effort to both (1)
enable change-oriented educators to
establish and operate new, innovative
schools and (2) provide increased
competition within the public education
sector. It's the competitive aspect of
the charter concept that makes it
controversialand also powerful. The
charter school reform concept was largely
developed by ted kolderie, a public policy
expert at the center for policy studies in
st. Paul, minnesota.
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cherriegurl
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Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 1218 Location: Washington state
Posted: 10-07-04 22:21pm
Thanks michelle!!
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Michelle1337
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Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 1739 Location: Houston, Texas
Posted: 10-07-04 22:21pm
Your welcome
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IDABABY
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Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 2236 Location: ***Wisconsin Baby***
Posted: 10-07-04 22:25pm
We have a charter school in our town. I
never been to it, but I know some kids
that go there.
Those are the schools where all the cool
kids with piercings go. Not really, but
close. The charter school in austin is
called american youth works and the kids
go to school for four hours, work for four
hours (they can build houses for low
income families, teach computer courses,
build parks, etc.). They gets paid for
working 8 hours, so they get paid to go to
school. A lot of my friends that got
expelled or dropped out ended up in
charter schools.
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bellax0x
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 3572 Location: Jersey Baby!
