Charter Schools

Charter schools are publicly funded school started by individuals who seek a difference in education than traditional public schools. Urban education has its advantages and disadvantages overall, but charter schools disadvantages are going to be my main focus. Student demographic can play a huge part in the downfall of charter schools because it is less diverse. Based on student demographics, the quality of teaching is also a negative impact especially on the students learning experience. Funding for charter schools has a lot of stipulations, but need more stipulations on how the money is spent because student can and will be affected in numerous of ways such as less high quality teachers replaced with more low quality teachers, less funding for an adequate learning experience, and less support from others to maintain a suitable learning environment. Therefore,
According to School Choice Ohio, charter schools in the state of Ohio receive $5,745 per student with about 109,000 student enrolled. As stated by Sean Cavanagh, “Study: Charters May Spend More Than Other Schools”, Ohio charter schools spend about 10 to 30 percent less per student than a traditional public school, but are funded based on enrollment. In reality, if there is more enrollment in a charter school one year then that is money loss for the traditional public schools. The problem underlies the whole concept that charter school teachers receive close to the same compensation of a traditional public school teacher. In reference to “Know Your Charter” it’s stated that charter schools pay their teachers 40% less than districts, although they do not have to pay for transportation. If charter schools can put more compensation into the teachers pocket and classrooms and spend less on administrative, maybe the students will be subject to a better and high learning experience than that of a public