Charter schools first opened in 1992 in Minnesota and now make up 7% of all public schools across 43 states. Los Angeles and New York City have the highest numbers of charter school students. Charter schools are publicly funded schools of choice that have more operational flexibility than traditional public schools but are held accountable for academic and financial performance. If charter schools do not meet goals, they can be closed. Some charter schools have been established in low-income communities and communities of color to address issues of inequality in public education.

1. Charter School vs.
Public School
“NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT”
By: Demetrius Serieux & Shalie Elbert
EDU 511 Integrative Instructional Technology
Week 7 -Blog
Dr. Richard Dietzel
February 22,2015

2. Charter schools vs. Public Schools
History
 The first charter school
was opened in 1992 in
Minnesota. Today,
charter schools account
for seven percent of all
American public schools
in forty three states as
compared to almost
100,000 public schools
(Casey, 2015).

3. Charter schools History
 Los Angeles has most
charter schools in the
nation with over
120,000 charter
school students. New
York City is second,
with 60,000-plus
charter school
students (Casey,
2015).

4. Charter Schools vs. Public Schools
 Charter schools are public schools of
choice, meaning that families choose
them for their children. They operate
with freedom from some of the
regulations that are imposed upon
district schools. Charter schools are
accountable for academic results and
for upholding the promises made in
their charters. They must
demonstrate performance in the areas
of academic achievement, financial
management, and organizational
stability. If a charter school does not
meet performance goals, it may be
closed.
 Retrieved
from http://uncommonschools.org/fa
q-what-is-charter-school

5. Charter Schools
 In recent years, Casey
(2015) indicated that race
and class inequalities have
afflicted public education
and as a result many cities
have deliberately built
charter schools in
communities of color and in
neighborhoods with high
rates of poverty to address
those issues of race and
class inequalities.

6. What is Public Schools?
 (In the U.S.) a school that is
maintained at public expense for
the education of the children of a
community or district and that
constitutes a part of a system of
free public education commonly
including primary and secondary
schools.
 Retrieved from
http://dictionary.reference.com/
browse/public+school

7. What is Charter Schools?
 A charter school is an
independently run public school
granted superior flexibility in its
operations, in return for greater
accountability for performance.
The "charter" establishing each
school is a routine contract
detailing the school's mission,
program, students served,
performance goals, and methods
of assessment.
 Retrieved from
http://uncommonschools.org/faq
-what-is-charter-school

8. Growth of Charter Schools in U.S.

9. References
 Casey, L. (2015). The charter school challenge. New Labor Forum (Sage
Publications Inc.), 24(1), 22-30. doi:10.1177/1095796014562861
 Frequently Asked Questions About Public, Charter Schools. Retrieved from
http://uncommonschools.org/faq-what-is-charter-school
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