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Irreverent_Pi t1_iybd2ff wrote

Huge disclaimer (and pet peeve): every state has their own definition and requirements for charter schools and there literally is no level of federal consistency. It's important to find out what the laws and requirements are in your state. For example, I teach at a charter school in Oregon. ALL charter schools here are public schools. Publicly funded, not private, not for profit. We can't "pick and choose" only high achieving students. Our rates of students on IEPs are actually above the rest of our district because these students have often fallen through the cracks elsewhere and their parents seek out an alternative. Our class sizes are smaller and we have independence in curriculum choices. We still have to take all the same SBAC assessments that all public schools take.

I don't doubt that there are other places where CS are very different from here, but please stop with the blanket statements that simply don't apply because there is no standard definition.

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Yakb0 t1_iybiesb wrote

>and their parents seek out an alternative

That's the important part. Charter schools ONLY get kids whos parents care about their kids education. That means that you're not getting an average student.

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Gotanis55 t1_iybjmbo wrote

I don't think this is entirely true. I have seen just as many parents wake up to realize their kid is in 4th grade and has the reading level of a lima bean and then they say "the school has failed my child!" Whereupon they shuttle their kid over to the charter school and continue to not be present or proactive in their child's education and, unsurprisingly, they end up with the same results.

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