Public district school students are the least satisfied with their school overall (35 percent), and private religious school students are most satisfied with their school (69 percent).
But teachers who start their careers in charters will only stay a few years because they know they can move on to better paying and less stressful careers
in public district schools.
Under the «Schools of Hope,» nothing is guaranteed except the exponential growth of charter schools and the deliberate defunding
of public district schools.
House sticks it to the 99 % of public school students who
attend public district schools by confirming charter school executive to the State Board of Education (April 10, 2013)
«The practice of related - party transactions is illegal
for public district schools but permitted for Arizona's charter schools,» says Curt Cardine, a fellow with the nonpartisan think tank the Grand Canyon Institute (GCI) and principal author of the policy report Following the Money: Twenty Years of Charter School Finances in Arizona.
on House sticks it to the 9919 of public school students who attend
public district schools by confirming charter school executive to the State Board of Education
Unlike public district schools, nearly all charter schools in Arizona operate outside the rules of the public procurement process, freeing them from the need to conduct competitive bidding.
These students attend an
urban public district school, the Springfield Renaissance School in Springfield, Massachusetts, an EL Education school.
The policy report also finds that charter school teachers earn 20 percent less than
public district school teachers while their executives (often the charter holders) earn on average 50 percent more than their counterparts in similarly - sized public school districts.
While as
with public district schools, some charters certainly perform better, the overall results suggest school choice, as presently designed, is not functioning as well as it could or, based on CREDO's results, as well as in other states.
Charter school financial data needs to be shared with and monitored by the Auditor Generalâ $ ™ s Office just as they are
for public district schools.
In April 2013, I wrote that the decision to nominate and confirm a high - ranking charter school executive to Connecticut's education policy board was yet another attack on Connecticut's school teachers, the teacher unions, and the 99 % of students who
attend public district schools.
Finding appropriate instructional space is a perennial challenge for schools of choice which —
unlike public district schools — do not have access to public bond markets or public tax levies.
In addition to serving as COO of a charter school management company, she would be voting on whether to expand existing charter schools, authorize new charter schools and move more taxpayer funds
from public district schools to charter schools.
After all, there are traditional «
public district schools» that have admissions criteria (e.g Bronx School of Science), charge for various services (e.g. music, AP tests), or are open only to families who inhabit certain neighborhoods (e.g. all of them).
... the state still threatens our existence because they expect charter schools to perform better than
the public district schools.
The claim by charter proponents that charter school students» performance is superior to
public district school students is a misconception.
Equity in funding: Funding - per - student should be equitable, regardless of whether a student is in
a public district school or a public charter school.
Charter schools must conduct public competitive bid processes similar to
public district schools.