"We simply do not have enough money for new books." The principal said "Our kids need new books. The ones we have now. Well they are falling apart; some are even missing pages. How are our kids supposed to keep up when they do not have the proper needs to succeed?" She then slammed her fist into the table. This was unfair. "We are sorry Ms. Wilcox but we simply do not have any means to help you. We can hardly have enough money for our own schools." Charter schools had their start in 1990s after being introduced to the world by Ray Budde in 1974 with hopes to change the education system. Charter schools are independent schools, funded using federal and state dollars, and are trying to pass a law to get help from the school district.
Charter schools are "an autonomous public school created by a contract between a sponsor, as a local school district or corporation, and an organizer, as a group of teachers or a community group, often with a curriculum or focus that is not traditional" (dictionary).
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English: This is the front of Escondido Charter Hi...Unlike public schools though charter schools do not have many of the state requirements and they also encourage new approaches to teaching. Charter school teachers are not required or even held to state teacher's tenure law meaning that the teachers have to teach a certain way. Charter schools mostly focus on "improving low-performing schools, or to offer a more specialized focus" (Moore 1). Like regular traditional schools, charter schools are required to take the same standardized test. Over the last couple years, Charter schools have started to boom because there are tons of federal grants that states can gain for having them. These grants are part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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