For many high school students getting accepted into college and attending college is a dream they may never fulfill. But what if all students could apply to college, be accepted, and go to college? For a charter school in California this dream was a reality. O'Farrell Charter School had all 86 of their 2016 class of seniors apply, get accepted, and go to college (Heim, 1). According to the National Charter School Resource Center website, “Charter schools are public schools operating under a “charter,” essentially a contract entered into between the school and its authorizing agency. In addition to allowing the school to open, the charter allows the school with significant operational autonomy to pursue specific educational objectives” (What is a Charter School, 1).
According to the Public Broadcasting Service Corporation for Educational Radio & Television website, charter schools are created by people such as teachers, administrators, community leaders, parents, and others coming together to write a charter plan that describes the principles, structure, and accountability measures of the school. The state then must approve the charter, and the state will fund the charter based on student enrollment (Closing the
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But on the other side, they are privately owned. Charter schools receive less funding per student than traditional public schools do. In a study done on the funding differences between traditional public schools and charter schools, it was found that on average they received $220 per pupil less in North Carolina to $1,841 per pupil less in Connecticut (Howard,1). There are many arguments for and against charter schools, and about the funding situation for all schools nationwide. Charter schools should receive more state funding so that they can be more available to students, give students more opportunities and allow them to specialize, and be able to hire more and better suited