Persuasive Essay On Charter Schools

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There are new types of public charter schools that are another form of opportunity inequality because they are almost a public and private school blended together. These charter schools are becoming more popular and their number of students is growing exponentially. A website called uncommonschools.org defines what a charter school is and how their different when they write
Charter schools are public schools of choice, meaning that families choose them for their children. They operate with freedom from some of the regulations that are imposed upon school districts. Charter schools are accountable for academic results and upholding the promises made in their charters.

Charter schools are government funded, but they are like a private school …show more content…

This would be a fair statement because there are some public schools that are really good and up-to-date with well trained teachers who want to help kids learn. There are public schools with amazing teachers who know how to teach kids the material, and want them to know the material instead of just giving them the answers to pass the tests. One could also argue that the NCLB act was successful in goal of getting more people to go to school which it was. Another argument would be that we should be thankful for even having free education available to us which is also true. Most other countries do not have the availability or option of free education. For some countries education is free to a point, but high school for them would be optional meaning that they would have to pay for it. So yes in the sense that we are really lucky to have free education all the way up until high school. These would all be valid argument points that are true in some way or …show more content…

The problem is that there are not enough high quality schools in all areas especially the ones that have low income families. The NCLB did get more kids in school, but it does not mean that they actually received a quality education or even graduated for that matter. Although, there are great teachers working at public schools; there are also too many bad ones. They are the kind of teachers who do not actually care if their students learn the material they are teaching, and are only really there for the paycheck. As for the NCLB act it was more of a never ending failing cycle. First off the act states that people are able to choose what school they want to go to when that clearly is not the case because each city has district lines. Then the act claims that all schools have to do is apply for grants and ask for money from the government or they can get money based off of the schools’ test scores. When these schools in bad neighborhoods have no money to implement programs to help students do better in school, and in turn they cannot get any money because they are not meeting the state’s standards. That is how this act becomes a failing cycle, and is only able to actually work for the nice public schools because they are the ones meeting the state’s standards which meaning they are more likely to receive any money or grants from the government. Yes, we are

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