Charter Schools: Public or Private?

by | Aug 29, 2018 | Parenting

Charter Schools: Public or Private–Part 5 The short answer here is that it depends.  It depends on your definition of public or private.  Charter schools do not have an elected school board like a public school district has.  Nor do they have to accept all...

How Are Charter Schools Funded?

by | Aug 27, 2018 | Parenting

How Are Charter Schools Funded? — Part 4 In general, charter schools receive money from the state and the local school district based on the number of students.  All schools/districts/charters receive additional money from the federal government for the special...

Charter Schools: Part 3

by | Aug 24, 2018 | Parenting

Parenting on Purpose:  Charter Schools, Part 3 In our seven-part series, we have been taking a closer look at charter schools.  We discussed How They Work in Part 1 and Who Runs Them?  in Part 2.  In this part, we will look at, Are Charter Schools Non-profit? The...

Charter Schools: Pt. 2

by | Aug 22, 2018 | Parenting

Parenting on Purpose:  Charter Schools-Part 2 We talked in the last blog post about charter schools and how they work.  In Part 2, we will talk about who exactly runs them? Charter schools have a principal and a leadership team, like public schools.  They also have a...