I Rather Have a Charter
Schools, Than A Public School
Technology is prominent all over the
world today, and everybody uses it. I believe charter schools should also prominent
so children can attend them. My vote is
for charter school! There are Charter Schools
in 40 states as of 2013, but there are 12 states have chosen not to incorporate
charter schools in their communities.
These 12 states need to get on board with charter school because they are
the new and improve educational learning system for children and families. Washington State is one of the states that
don’t have charter schools; therefore I will become involved to be one of the
parents that will stand up for charter schools.
I am a parent of a handsome one year
old little boy, and presently pregnant with my second child. I have learned through my research that Washington
State doesn’t presently have Charter schools.
As a parent, Charter schools would be the best educational and diverse
style for my children. Having Charter
schools will improve the present educational system; allow freedom of choice
for parents, teacher and students, and involve political parties to discuss
best practice for our children. Charter
Schools will be the best approach for our kids today.
Improving Educational Systems
Charter School can improve our present educational system
because Charter School teachers appear to have more diverse skills. They appear to bring more creative activities
and ideals into the classroom. Children
become more motivated and innovative when they are able to use a creative
approach. In the movie, “Mona Lisa Smiles”,
Ms. Watson was trying to encourage the girls to think outside of the box and to
become an innovator thinker. Charter Schools
are more about the hands-on experiential learning. It focuses on student-family-teacher
relationships and encourages individuality within our community. Teachers work
in collaborative relationships within and outside of the school and serve the
greater community. They actively
encourage creativity and fun within our school.
Public school has more of an independent learning style; the teachers
are encouraged to stick to the curriculum, just like in the movie “Mona Lisa
Smile”. They also have children taking
test to measure what they know. As we
know there are some children that have a fear around test taking, therefore,
these children will not do well in a public school setting. Unless, they have a teacher like Mr.
Escalante in the movie “Stand and Deliver” when he went to the school board and
stood by his kids taking the test and passing the test in honesty.
One-third of all students and one-half of all
African-American and Latino students who enter our public school system do not
graduate. It's time to take a different approach
to Washington State educational system by having Charter Schools. Otherwise in a public school you could have
teachers like the teachers on the movie Chalk, where they didn’t have real
goals and they received their position on fact that they need the job and not
really wanted the job.
Freedom of Choice
If we had Charter Schools in
Washington State or within my community, other parents and I would have the
freedom to choose a Charter School for our children. Another freedom of choice that parents and I would
have is choosing smaller class sizes. Charter Schools has fewer students in the
classroom, whereas public schools class sizes are larger because it’s based on
how many children live in the school district. As a parent, I would have the option of
choosing the school district I want my children to attend. In public school you
are not given the option because it’s based on where you live in the school
district unless you have special circumstances For example, if your child care
provider lives, or if you work in that school district than you, then you might
be given an option to attend the school where your child care provider
lives. Having a freedom of choice to
choose or not to choose gives you power as a parent. In the movie, “Chalk” a teacher who worked in
a public school wanted to be teacher of the year so he told the students to
vote and campaign for him. He lost then he didn’t want to teach the children
anymore. In Charter School teachers genuinely
wants to be in there, not to win teacher of the year but to be committed to
improve the public school system and they have a mission-driven vision.
As a parent, I would have the freedom to choose a free
state-mandated regulations, charter school can offer more curriculum and design
options to parents and children, such as Montessori, Core Knowledge (Back-to-Basics),
Arts & Science, and a longer-day, longer-year, strict-discipline school for
at-risk children living in urban areas (sometimes referred to as College Prep
schools). This is important to me as an
African American parent. In a public
school setting you would have to pay for these school options.
Political Issues
The Initiative 1240 represents the Washington Charter Schools. Many political groups are in support of
having Charter Schools. The group
included the League of Education Voter, Stand for Children and Democrats for
Education Reform. In 2012 Washington
Initiative 1240 voted on the bill and the results where: 1,525,807 said yes and
1,484,125 said no to Charter Schools. It also was rejected in 1996, 2000 &
2004. In 2012 the State of Washington
has been approved to have 40 public Charter Schools by 2017. At this time my Pastor and other church
member have been traveling to Olympia in support of Initiative 1240; within 2
to 3 years our church is planning to open a Charter School after we build our new
Marvin Williams Center in Bremerton Washington.
Local schools stakeholders and
policy makers play a major role in the decision making of for or against
Charter Schools. If Charter School
begins to open in Washington communities they will have a big impact on public
schools. This is why local school
stakeholders and policy makers often vote against Charter Schools. It can affect their funding, their
administrators, and can cause a decline in services that are provided to
children. No money, no services! Pass Presidents, President Clinton is for
Charter Schools and President Bush is against Charter Schools. Charter School supporter come from both
political parties and comprise a new political center that encompasses
organizations like the Democratic Leadership Council once headed by former
President Clinton. In the movie “Waiting
for Superman” Geoffrey Canada an educator in the movie says Superman is like
waiting for someone really powerful who can come and help the children be smart
and brave. I believe that the
politicians and political parties are able to be the Supermen for our children
today.
The Charter
School mission statement for Washington State is to improve the quality of
education for all children in the state of Washington. That’s why; I believe Charter School is very
important and needed in Washington State.
Twenty-one states have a strong Charter law that encourages expansion
and great foundation to the Charter School.
It is possible to give every child in America a great Education and
Charter School is the place to start with a better education. I am a support Charter
Schooling in Washington State for my two boys!
References
http://ncspe.org/publications_files/OP119.pdf
