Difference between a charter and public high school?

Question

Difference between a charter and public high school?

Answer 1

Based on what I've seen, charter schools are created by overbearing helicopter parents as a controled environment for their children.  These are spoiled, dysfunctional children who can't make it in a public school.

Answer 2

In my district, the charter schools are inferior to the public schools in that the teachers and the administrators are less qualified and academically lacking.  All of our charter schools score badly on the state's standardized assessment tests.

To me, they are being used to circumvent budgetary constraints, rather than providing a richer learning environment.

Answer 3

There are many differences between a Charter and Public high school such as:

Charters are granted for a particular period of time, usually for 3-5 years, which are renewed after the end of the term by the granting entity. A charter is a performance contract. It's not the same for a public school.

Charter schools fit in a niche between private and public schools. They are funded with public money (except for their facilities) and they are an alternative to regular public schools systems. Charter schools receive waivers from public school districts in exchange for promising better academic results. While Public school are entirely funded with public money.

Charter school have the freedom to tailor programs respecting the community needs. It provides increased educational choice and innovation within the public school system. Whereas Public school offers generalized program.

Charter Schools tend to be small schools. Median enrollment is 242 students as compared to 539 in traditional public schools. They serve different communities with a wide variety of curriculum and instructional practices.

Some states in America do not have Charter school whereas all states have Public school.

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Answer 4

Charter schools are publicly funded elementary or secondary schools in the United States that have been freed from some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter.[1] Their founders are often teachers, parents, or activists who feel restricted by traditional public schools.[2] State-run charter schools (schools not affiliated with local school districts) are often established by non-profit groups, universities, and some government entities[3].

I went to a charter school, and I graduated 2 years early in Highschool. Was Pretty Cool, mine was extremely self-paced.