Charter Schools ESSAY

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Many individuals today seem to believe that charter schools have hurt traditional public schools, although there are other studies that disapprove that charter schools have adversely affected traditional public schools. Charter schools are autonomously run public institutions that have been granted higher flexibility in their activities in return for more liability for performance. Charter schools are considered to be independent because they function according to the basic principle of autonomy for accountability (Epple, Romano, & Zimmer, 2016). Traditional public schools are also public institutions that are categorized into grades and are overseen by school districts. These institutions are normally where the majority of kids acquire their primary and secondary education.

Unlike the traditional public schools, charter schools are not part of a school district; but instead, they are managed and controlled directly by the state board of education, which comprises the founding parents and educators. Although many individuals know that there are dissimilarities between charter schools and traditional public schools, they also have some similarities, which include maintaining a collection of standards in order to receive funding, they do not charge tuition, are open to the public, receive public funding, and are all types of public schools. This project will mainly concentrate on the impact charter schools have had on traditional public schools, both negative and positive, although many believe that charter schools have presented positive impacts.

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Positive effects of charter schools on traditional public schools

Based on several benefits that charter schools offer in a learning environment, it shows that they do not hurt traditional public schools. Some of the benefits of charter schools include the presence of a customized curriculum, no red tape education, small classrooms, real-world learning, and promotion of inclusion and involvement of the community. Most parents normally struggle to provide the best opportunities for their kids to succeed, and school is one of the places that young individuals spend a lot of their time. Since every child is different, school choice is very important, and charter schools are considered to be the best option because they provide numerous alternatives that can better align with the educational needs of the children. “Charter schools promote inclusion and involvement of the community in order to assist in fostering social and educational growth in every child. “When children are in their adolescent years, they strive to seek a sense of belonging and the structure of charter schools provides the opportunity and ability to build in a traditional school environment” (Walters, 2018). They also provide several after-school activities and events which can assist students further pursue additional interests that might not be accessible in other learning institutions.

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Charter schools promote real-world learning because they are extremely rigid and have no room to deviate from the approved curriculum. In most cases, learners find themselves adapting their curriculum to real-world skills that would otherwise be impossible to teach in a traditional public school. The primary goal of the chartered schools is to ensure that they apply real-world and practical instruction in their topics, activities, coursework, and assignments. One of the greatest benefits of charter schools is having small classrooms in their learning environment. This helps and gives the educators the flexibility to provide more individualized attention to every learner, which fosters a more inclusive learning environment. “In charter schools, there is no red tape education because despite charter schools being funded publicly by state and federal tax dollars, they have more independence compared to traditional public schools” (Betts, & Tang, 2018). Whenever they notice something is not working academically, their educational team can deal with the issue and fix it immediately, unlike traditional public schools, which might have to wait for a whole school year to address something that might not be meeting the wants of their learners.

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Similar to real-world learning, in which students learn how to solve various problems and adapt to the unexpected, charter schools also do the same to ensure that their curriculum provides every student with the tools they need to succeed. Moreover, charter schools provide the opportunity and ability for the learning institutions to customize better the curriculum of students or their pathway of graduation centered on their likes and interests instead of focusing on the typical public school curriculum only. Some children might want to pursue a particular track that is more science or arts-oriented, and in a charter school, they can pursue that track.

References

Betts, J. R., & Tang, Y. E. (2018). The effects of charter schools on student achievement. In-School Choice at the Crossroads (pp. 69-91). Routledge.

Epple, D., Romano, R., & Zimmer, R. (2016). Charter schools: A survey of research on their characteristics and effectiveness. Handbook of the Economics of Education, 5, 139-208.

Walters, C. R. (2018). The demand for effective charter schools. Journal of Political Economy, 126(6), 2179-2223.

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