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Charter Schools

The charter-school movement is rapidly catching on and spreading across America. In so doing, it not only represents major revisions in the way public schools are financed, but it also challenges three established axioms about American education:

That only private schools can elude bureaucratic micro-management.

That worthwhile school choice can be achieved only through vouchers.

That the left-leaning politics of public education have barred the schoolhouse door against any encroachment by entrepreneurial systems.

(Finn, Manno, Bierlein, and Vanourek, 1997, 1)

A charter school basically represents a hybrid school when compared to traditional schools. It is a public institution that is open to all who qualify to attend. It is paid for through tax dollars. It is accountable for performance and behavior standards. It has the authority to operate for a specified period and only has its charter renewed if performance expectations are met. In all these ways it resembles the traditional public school. However, unlike the traditional public school, a charter school is more like a private institution of learning when it comes to management for it is primarily self-governed, free from most regulations that pertain to public schools, and able to control its own hiring and curriculum. This analysis will cover some of the history of charter schools, the current status of the charter school movement in the United States, and an assessment of how charter schools are impacting the traditional nature of public school financing.

The new school as the charter school is often labeled arose in response to demand from parents who desired more choice in the public education of their children. Charter schools typically originate from the collective efforts of a group of teachers and parents who apply for a charter. The charter is issued by a “school board, university, or state agency” (For-Profit, 2000, 1). The first state to ...

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