Alternatives to charter schools (such as the Travis Heights Elementary School, sometimes referred to as an «innovation school,» rather than as an in - district community charter school) are worth investigating as a means to forestall school districts
imposing traditional charter schools on their students, teachers, and parents.
Not exact matches
Second, and perhaps more important, the fact that poor and minority students flee segregated
traditional public schools for similarly segregated
charters does not imply that
charter school policy is
imposing segregation upon these students.
It shielded
charter schools from the budget cuts it was
imposing on
traditional public schools.
It is unfortunately common for today's no - excuses schools — and these aren't just
charter schools, these include
traditional public schools too — to
impose a system of discipline that exerts control over kids.
Not only do the regulations
impose new and unauthorized burdens that are found nowhere in the law, but the reporting requirements seem calculated — by happenstance or design — to yield misleading comparisons between
charter schools and
traditional district schools.
The
charter school theory of action is based on a belief that reducing regulatory restrictions
imposed on
traditional public schools allows flexibility to drive innovation, potentially leading to improved student outcomes.