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Motivating concepts behind charter schools, and similar school models internationally, include the ideas that market competition and the opportunity for new schools to act as “laboratories of innovation” can drive school improvement.
Charter schools are public schools that operate with autonomy from traditional school districts. They are given flexibility in curriculum, structure of the school day and year, and budget management, and are not required to participate in collective bargaining.
31 gru 2016 · A charter school is a public school chartered under the auspices of a state government. While charter laws vary across states, two defining characteristics are: 1) charter schools cannot...
Explaining Charter School Effectiveness† By Joshua D. Angrist, Parag A. Pathak, and Christopher R. Walters* Lottery estimates suggest Massachusetts’ urban charter schools boost achievement well beyond that of traditional urban public schools stu-dents, while nonurban charters reduce achievement from a higher baseline.
A charter school is a public school chartered under the auspices of a state government. While charter laws vary across states, two defining characteristics are: 1) charter schools cannot charge tuition; and 2) charter schools are not permitted to impose admission requirements and, if oversubscribed, must select from their applicants by lottery.
Charter schools: I doubled the number of charter schools in Illinois despite some reservations from teachers unions. I think it is important to foster competition inside the public schools.
This paper describes the history and current state of the charter school movement, presents a conceptual model of the charter school system, and reviews the extant research on charter school outcomes.
