It's shocking, especially when more than 50 percent of
students in traditional public schools lack proficiency and charter schools are providing children of greatest need with the only choices they've ever had.»
In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choic
In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the
public's desire for more high quality
public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed
in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choic
in California: the funding inequity which results
in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choic
in charter
school students being funded at lower levels than their
traditional public school counterparts, the
lack of equitable facilities for charter
school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.
The NAACP report documents the consequences of this abandonment: inadequate funding of urban
schools, a
lack of accountability and oversight for charter
school, most of which are concentrated
in urban communities, the disproportionate exclusionary discipline of Black
students, high teacher turnover, and an absence of teachers of color
in both charters and
traditional public schools.