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By Paul Takahashi (contact) 
Published Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 | 2 a.m.
Updated Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 | 11:41 a.m.
The number of Clark County students enrolled in public charter schools grew by 64 percent from the 2010-11 to 2011-12 school years, according to a national report released Wednesday. In fact, the Las Vegas Valley posted the highest growth in charter school enrollments of any metropolitan area in the country, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Nationally, enrollment in charter schools increased by 200,000 students, topping 2 million. Charter schools, which began two decades ago, now represent the fastest-growing sector in public education, said alliance President and CEO Nina Rees. "Parents are demanding school choice, and that ...
The 'Charter School Bandwagoners' will be AGOG when they see the headline...
but the FACTS trump the MYTH;
Charter Schools are fraught with peril...
Caveat emptor!
A SMALL SAMPLING from a simple google search (I could, quite literally, post a thousand of these links relating to the failure of Charter Schools because they are failing miserably in toto)
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives...
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/...
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/07/05/fca...
http://www.minnpost.com/community-sketch...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-s...
http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-liberal...
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/arc...
http://www.edreform.com/wp-content/uploa...
Even if gmag39 is correct, parents can then make the choice to send their children to a different, better school. Try that with the failed public school system which exults over a record of failure for more than 5 decades. With the greedy teachers union always asking for "More, please," and the results always giving less, parents need public schools about as much as they need another hole in their heads. Government run schools are a sham and should be replaced with vouchers, charter schools & choice. After all, isn't "choice" what leftists are all for? Or is "choice" only to be an option when it comes to executing the unborn?
The "CHOICE" has been out there for decades with mixed results. Every family who wishes to participate in sending their children to a charter school, can. There are more charter schools now than ever.
As the article mentions, for some, attending a charter is a better "fit" due to their particular learning styles. There is nothing keeping you, Commenter Jerry Fink, or any others, from enrolling your children into a charter school, here in Nevada, or elsewhere. Just be sure to do your research about that particular school so you know what it's about and their school culture. Like anything, there will always be the good and the bad in the mix.
Blessings and Peace,
Star
Attach the allotted money to the kid and let the parents decide which school to send their child to.
Then parents could choose either public, charter or private schools.
The public schools are horrific here! I had to search for weeks to get my daughter into a decent school. I had to make a fake lease just to get her into that school. I looked at private school but at over $1000 monthly that just isn't an option. So I did what I had to do, I drive 35 mins from my house everyday to get her there and after work during rush hour it is a 50 min trip there. I don't mind and I don't regret it either. If I have to lie to make sure my daughter gets a good education then so be it! Also, the new school which is public and CCSD funded is like a whole different world. Flat screen computers for every child, and more importantly amazing, spirited, and quality teachers!!
Be careful ANGELEE, a mother was literally arrested in Connecticut last year for enrolling her daughter in a better school.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/tanya-mcdowell-...
Correction, enrolling her son.
Thanks for the heads up Thomas, but the bottom line is if I have to go to jail because the school in my zone is so inept and full of scumbags for teachers I'll take that sentence and with pride. I wish more parents would stand up and try to make a difference. I did attempt to meet with the principal and asst to no avail. Parents in low income neighborhoods earn their labels as deadbeats and lowlifes. Not one out of the 50 I talked to were willing to do anything. Just drop the kids off and call it a day. I refuse to have my daughter suffer academically because the rest of the population rubber stamps the inaction and gross negligence of a school. I even thought about hiring my own teacher. Get a teacher that is laid off and get together 25 other parents all willing to pay $200 a month. That teacher could make 5200$ a month and we would buy all school supplies. This way we would have a say in the quality of their education, what is being taught and the treatment of our children. Funny thing not one person in my neighborhood was willing to put in $200 a month plus supplies. To me it was an amazing alternative, but atleast my daughter is in a wonderful school!! :)
What a surprise: public K-12 is broken and useless so many parents are opting for anything else.
Charter schools are often accused of cherry-picking students even though required to maintain policies for open enrollment. Without any means of determining comparative data between public and public/charter schools this is yet another in the Sun's meaningless feel-good articles about CCSD and Nevada education. "Look, look" cries the Sun "the glass is one-sixteenth full".
This is a link to the 2010-2011 School Year AYP report. The data on Charter Schools in on the last page. The CCSD Alternative Schools listed above the Charter Schools may provide a interesting contrast. Those school get the kids who are discipline problems, have attendence issues etc.
This is the link.
http://media.lvrj.com/documents/no_child...