Charter school overview

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1. Introduction:
a. Charter Schools are becoming more and more popular throughout American Society. The charter-school sector in the United States has grown steadily since the first charter school opened in 1992 and nearly 7,000 charter schools currently serve nearly 3 million students.
b. Thesis Statement: Charter Schools are a sound educational investment since they promote innovation and tailor to specific student needs.
2. Charter Schools Background
a. History and Evolution
b. How do they work?

Sulentic Dowell, M.-M., & Bickmore, D. L. (2015). Guest Editors’ Introduction: The Promises of Charter Schools. Equity & Excellence in Education, 48(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2015.991161

3. Public vs Charter Schools
i. Funding
ii. Government Regulation
iii. Curriculum (Biggest Difference)

Xin Wei, Deepa Patel, & Viki M. Young. (2014). Opening the “black box”: Organizational differences between charter schools and traditional public schools. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 22(3), 1–31. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v22n3.2014

Malkus, N. (2016). Seeing Charters Differently: A New Approach to National Comparisons of Charter and Traditional Public Schools. Journal of School Choice, 10(4), 479–494. https://doi.org/10.1080/15582159.2016.1238737

Jankens, B. P., Store, D., & Nothstine, K. (2019). Performance Comparison between District Public Schools and Charter Schools: a Composite Resident District Average. Charter Schools Resource Journal, 14(1), 1–25.

4. Charter School (Strengths vs Weaknesses)
a. Strengths
i. Serve Historically Disadvantaged Children
ii. Urban Charter Schools have better student Achievement
iii. Innovation in Teaching
b. Weaknesses
i. Private Investment Exploitation/Corruption and Mismanagement (Lack of Accountability)
ii. Lack of Diversity
iii. Cherry Pick the best performing students

Finn, C. E., Manno, B. V., & Wright, B. L. (2017). The District and Charter Sectors of American K–12 Education: Pros and Cons. Journal of School Choice, 11(1), 9–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/15582159.2016.1272918

c. How can they improve?
i. Increased Regulation and Improved Resource Allocation

Poole, S. (2011). The Relationship Between External Accountability Policy and Internal Accountability: A Cross-State Analysis of Charter and Traditional Public Schools. Journal of School Choice, 5(3), 261–280. https://doi.org/10.1080/15582159.2011.604225

ii. Better Training for Charter School Leaders

Klocko, B. A., Jankens, B. P., & Evans, L. M. (2018). The Charter School Principal: Foundations for Leadership Preparation and Practice. Charter Schools Resource Journal, 12(2), 82–102.

5. Conclusion: Even though Charter Schools have a lot of explicit weaknesses, I believe that Charter Schools will be a huge part of the American Education system.