Hope Wilson
Prof. Kim Kiefer
Hope Wilson
Academic Writing
July 2016
Charter School vs. Public School:
The Prevention of Overcrowded Classes
A random public lottery is performed to select the students to attend some charter schools. An enormous change from automatically attending the public school in one’s district. Most students that attend Charter Schools are from low-income families that are from other public schools in the surrounding urban areas. Charter Schools are tuition-free like public schools. They are funded according to a per pupil basis and enrollment level. A charter school is " an independently run public school granted greater flexibility in its operations, in return for greater accountability for performance. The "charter" establishing each school is a performance contract detailing the school's mission, program, students served, performance goals, and methods of assessment," giving students greater opportunities to get acceptance into a college of their choice. One elementary school and one high school for each district does not produce enough college graduates. Most parents in the urban areas cannot afford private schooling for their children.
Charter Schools have become a great service for most children in the urban areas. Charter Schools allow for a lesser class size in the public schools. Giving the educators more valuable time to spend with each student. Before the Charter Schools quality time spent, with the students in the public schools system in the urban areas, were insoluble. The public schools can be as successful as the Charter Schools if they obtain an organization similar to Charter management organizations (CMOs), ”these services typically include curriculum development, assessment design, professional development, systems implementation, back-office services, teacher recruitment, and facility services. All decisions are made in the context of what is best for the individual school to ensure student achievement and outstanding academic results," processes that appear to be progressing greatly.
Charter schooled children have shown outstanding improvement over the years
" In the aggregate, both reading and math results show improvement compared to the results reported in Multiple Choice. The analysis of the pooled 27 states shows that charter schools now advance the learning gains of their students’ more than traditional public schools in reading. Improvements in the academic growth of charter students in math, which is now comparable to the learning gains in traditional public schools. On average, students attending charter schools have eight additional days of learning in reading and the same days of learning in math per year compared to their peers in traditional public schools. In both subjects, the trend since 2009 is on an upward trajectory, with the relative performance of the charter sector improving each year. Related results for different student groups indicate that black students, students in poverty, and English language learners benefit from attending charter schools. However, charter school quality is uneven across the states and across schools. These findings are supported by a number of related analyses, including the update on the 16 states first studied in 2009," ( Per the National Charter School Study 2013) encouraging possible college bound students. The mission is " a college preparatory ,high standards for academics and character; a highly structured learning environment; a longer school day and a longer school year; a focus on accountability and data-driven instruction; and a faculty of committed and talented leaders and teachers. Schools within the Uncommon network are modeled on some of the highest-performing urban public charter schools in the country," a mission that should be shared by all elementary and high schools in the urban areas.
Some regulations in the charter school differ from public schools. The Charter schools regulation must be met or closure may be possible. They are contractually required to maintain an academic achievement, organizational stability, and financial management to continue to serve the public. These requirements should be imposed on all public schools. All Charter schools do not operate under the same contractual agreement. Most have proven high performance academics in all areas. Any one or a group of people can submit a proposal for a Charter School to their state's charter authorizing committee.
Before the Charter Schools most public schools were never threatened closure because of their under performance. There were no other options of schooling the children. Once the Charter Schools became available some under achieved public schools were forced closed and some threatened closure if there were no academic improvements.
The smaller the class size the more productive the teachers will be able to engage the students in their assignments. Children need more "one on one" sessions so they can ask what they believe to be the "stupid questions" and gain a better understanding of their assignments. Knowledge encourages great self esteem and confidence which will create great decision making. Staying after school does not always work into student's schedule. A smaller class size may create a greater number in college graduates in the urban areas. There can never be too many schools in the urban areas. Not only does it allows a smaller class size in public schools it also provides more teaching jobs, maintenance job, and cafeteria jobs; just to name a few. Maybe working parents means the children will not go to school hungry.
References
Center for Research on Education Outcomes Stanford University
Stanford, CA . 2013 CREDO
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