Article Summary 7: Charter Schools

Dillon, Sam. "As U.S. Aid Grows, Oversight Is Urged For Charter Schools." New York Times 24 Feb. 2010. Web. 28 Feb. 2010.

Charter schools have a great premise. They have less regulations, and are completely held up to their standards. The life of a Charter School completely depends on their scores and the overall performance of the schools students. The new budget released by Obama has allowed for more money to by put into starting up Charter Schools across the country. From the few dozen that were around in the 1990’s to about 5,000 today, Charter Schools have proved to be successful. The new money would help to give the schools more resources, but some administrators of successful Charter Schools are protesting the lack of regulation in some areas of the budget.

Some are calling for there to be more strict rules on who can open a Charter school and what they do with it. There have been some people who are undereducated and have just created a chaotic environment because they don’t know what they are doing, and fail to meet the standards that are set for Charter schools to survive. The money is still wasted however, and it could have been put to better use. The rise in budget is a tremendous help, but some feel it could use a little more direction.