Argumentative Essay On Charter Schools

Would you want to go to a school that barely paid its teachers? A school made just for profit? That, my friend, is the epitome of a charter school. According to the National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC), “Charter schools are independently managed, publicly funded schools operating under a “charter” or a contract between the school and the state or jurisdiction, allowing for significant autonomy and flexibility.” This means that they are free of certain laws and regulations and can try new methods. The problem with them is do they benefit America’s education system. I believe charter schools will and are worsening America’s education system. They have don’t provide for their employees and students, they vet students, and are taking away valuable dollars from public schools.

To begin, charter schools don’t provide for their students or their employees.

According to the Los Angeles Times, a Celerity Pyad charter school had no cafeteria, no gymnasium, and provided little to no school supplies. The teachers had to pay for supplies out of pocket. Despite of this the organization that managed

it had enough money to throw a party in hollywood, with a limo. Why does this happen you ask? Charter schools are free of some regulations and privately, yet publicly funded, which h in this case meant under providing for their students and throwing expensive parts using taxpayer money. Lets not forget the the other Celerity Pyad school who failed to pay its specialist, Sara Fisher her promised salary of 90,000 dollars. In her own words “They said our hope is to get you paid by Thanksgiving. Mind you I started in July” Unfortunately she was fired for insubordination, which in this case meant wearing flip flops after a meeting. This is another case of charter schools being misused for profit.
Furthermore charter schools have found ways to vet students, such as those with special needs. One example is that lots of charter schools don’t give subsidized lunches. Putting them out of reach of families in poverty, who spare their child money for lunch. DId I mention charter schools are promoted as open to all? Another way charters vet students is mandating that parents do volunteer work or their child will lose their place in the school. One charter school even made parents invest in the company that built the school. If you want to go to that school you have to be pretty dedicated to your education, or have some money on your hands.
In addition, charter schools are taking away valuable resources from regular schools. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities the education system only gets three percent of federal tax money. A C.M.D. (Center for Media and Democracy) report found the government had spent a total of more than 3.7 billion dollars on charter schools. Which is way too much taxpayer money for something that often fails. One state that got some of that cash was California , a state with ⅕ (1,100)of the nation’s charter schools. In 2010-2015 it was given 54 million dollars to spend on charter schools. Also in the C.M.D report, around 200 charter schools have closed in California. Almost 1 out of every 5 charter schools that have opened. Theses failed schools received around 4.7 million dollars of taxpayer money. Thats 4.7 million dollars wasted, that could have gone to state schools (schools controlled and funded by the government).
To conclude, some may argue that charter schools educate their students better than other schools, based on test scores.

In actuality, most studies comparing charter schools to other public schools have had inconclusive results. Plus, charter schools can vet for better test takers as their students. Charter schools are a boon to the education system, sucking federal dollars away from state schools. If they are not screening for the students they want. They are under supplying their students and staff for more profit. Education is the architect of change. The education you have will influence the change you make. Everyone deserves an excellent education, and frankly charter schools do not reliably provide that. Therefore they should be fixed or eliminated. Stand up for a good education, stand up for change, and fight back against the the problem that is charter

schools.