Do you support charter schools?
Charter schools are tax payer funded K-12 schools that are managed by private companies. In the U.S. there are approximately 2.9 million students enrolled in 6,700 charter schools. Charter schools are approved and governed by city, county or state governments. Beneficiaries of private schools include real-estate investors who typically own the buildings and land where the schools are housed. Opponents of charter schools argue that they take money away from the public education system and enrich private companies and real estate investors who own the land where the schools are built. Proponents argue that students in charter schools consistently have higher test scores than public school students and note that there are millions of students across the U.S. who are currently on waitlists for private schools.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
Yes
@9HV4LRR3mos3MO
Because it's publically funded money taking from public schools. The public schools have to teach to the standards, but the charter schools do not. Public schools people are welcome, but charter schools have deemed enrollment (with a lot of attitude).
@9FPFS9H6mos6MO
I think charter schools build a higher percentage of scholars than public schools so they are usefull to have to put your child at the school and see him succeed.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
No
Charter schools can provide an alternative to public schools, but they cannot fix all the problems public schools face. Public schools need to be adequately funded, and charter schools cannot provide the resources and funding necessary to support all the students in a district
@9FV4GYQ6mos6MO
People should be able to choose where their kids go to school but not at the expense of public school funding.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
Yes, and our entire education system should be privatized
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
Yes, but not at the expense of funding public schools
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
No, and education should not be privatized
@9FPFS9H6mos6MO
Yes they should be privatized based on if their following a certain religion or they have history of beeing a private school.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs6Y
No, the reason the students have higher test scores is because those schools have more funding..take their funding and give it to public schools
@95CJ5F52yrs2Y
No, but education should be nationalized.
@6TJWFCF3yrs3Y
They shouldn't need to exist, the same quality of education should be available in public schools instead of needing to pay to get it in a private school.
@95P6HN42yrs2Y
No, and all education should be nationalized.
@95DFSVN2yrs2Y
No, and education should be nationalized.
@9HNC8JW 3mos3MO
Parents should be able to choose where their children go to school. More options = better education.
@8TKZ2SP3yrs3Y
Yes and increase funding for public schools
@9GZDTYYIndependent4mos4MO
Government funding should be focused on public schools and increasing teacher wages, but private institutions should still be able to run private schools for families that want private education for their child.
@99VC8LC1yr1Y
Yes, AND we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages
@99NK29S1yr1Y
No, and education should not be privatized, and we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead.
@93T88F32yrs2Y
Yes, but we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages as well.
@8TL7GJD3yrs3Y
Yes, but investigate where funds are actually going.
@8M7ZH943yrs3Y
Yes, but only if they are non-profit and not at the expense of funding public schools
@9BBYBHL12mos12MO
Yes, parents should be able to choose the school they want their children to go to.
Yes, but we should focus on improving public schools and improving the quality of teachers at public schools then consider increasing their wages
@8L9BZD63yrs3Y
Yes, but not at the expense of funding public schools, and as long as same standards are used to evaluate. There's been some thumbs on the scale in areas to support otherwise failing charter schools and at the expense of public education.
These should definitely be non-profit.
@8HXQZTY3yrs3Y
in some cases yes but putting charter school funding over public school is morally wrong and our education system needs to be improved, its not right that 20 minutes away there's schools that cant afford basic supplies while there's schools with an influx of supplies and have extra money to afford ipads and extra things for clubs and so on.
@9227KQS2yrs2Y
No, all charter schools should be privatized
@8FQXY5X3yrs3Y
@9L4Z23BIndependent 2 days2D
Yes, and state should make it easier for more charter, magnet, and vocational/technical schools to be created in school districts and receive accreditation
@9L4R9YCRepublican3 days3D
Yes, I think we should take the concepts of charter schools (having emphasis on students' needs and interests) and put into the agenda of public schools and provide more in depth summer schools that help students move forward. I think teachers should be paid more and given help with less students,. I think education for the most part should be done with individual students in mind instead of just as a group. I think we should still have an emphasis on core classes such as english, mathematics, science, and history. However, it does not take twelve years to learn all of it. We should have the kids be proficient in it and not be allowed to move along in certain classes if they did poorly.
@9L2H4K7Independent7 days7D
Yes, but not at the expense of public school funding. As well we should increase the wages for teachers.
@9KX7X9C2wks2W
I support the general concept of charter schools, but I don't want to support them with my taxes. If a family wants to send their child to a private school that's their business.
@9KWD3FL2wks2W
Education should not be privatized and teachers should be paid a significant amount more than they already are.
@9KTJSSHRepublican2wks2W
Tax money should not go to anything but public schools. We need a national K-12 curriculum with standardized textbooks and testing for each subject in each grade. We need a much longer school year and national qualifications for teachers. Parents should serve as a board of directors for any school their children attend and have the power to hire and fire school staff.
No. We need to reform our education system to use methods that have proven successful for decades elsewhere.
@9KH7ZYH3wks3W
Parents should have the choice where to send their children to school whether it be a charter school, a private school, a public school. Public schools are important and should be improved to give a high quality education to everyone and improve teachers salaries but not every parent should be forced to send their kid to a public school.
@9KCD3V64wks4W
The entire system needs overhauled. Ban private schools and adequately fund all public schools and teachers, using Finland’s system as a model.
@9KBDNT44wks4W
Yes, but give students more accessibility and more benefits. Give them transportation and everything needed to correctly learn.
Deleted1mo1MO
I'm in both sides of this issue; but we need to redistribute the budget between private and public education system to an equal amount; mostly.
Deleted1mo1MO
Yes, but only if they are non-profit; but not at the expense of funding public schools; No, and education should not be privatized; we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead.
@9JZF9HW1mo1MO
Yes, as part of a publicly funded school district. Children all deserve an education and that includes options tailored to their learning needs.
@9JYLN9TIndependent1mo1MO
Yes and no, education should be available to all and charter schools are acceptable if they do not discriminate against populations and have equitable funding to public schools not more funding.
@9JVSJ6V1mo1MO
Rather than focusing on the superiority of a specific type of schooling, we should entirely reform the way we approach school, I.e. Ivan Illich
@9JVRPF81mo1MO
Yes but only if the charter schools have a specific purpose or difference such as Montessori or special ed and private schools should not exist.
@9JVFLCF1mo1MO
Education requires a sweeping reform. Rather than supporting a specific type of schooling, I believe in diverse methods of education.
@9JQBKSZIndependent2mos2MO
Private education should become more monetarily accessible, however public education should always remain an option.
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