Thursday, October 30, 2008

WHAT IS A CHARTER SCHOOL, EXACTLY?

Open Education (one of our favorite educational resources) has the low down on the charter school concept (which is firmly rooted in free market competition, by the way). It's worth your time. The headings in the article are as follows:
  • Creating a Charter School
  • Competition is Created
  • Possible School Options
Click here to read the article.

1 comment:

Jeremy D. Young said...

Charter schools are probably better than the standard single school option that exists in most places, but I'm not sure that charter schools would have the freedom (due to the ties to taxpayer money) that is necessary to truly give parents choice.