What is a Charter School
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Versión en PDFA: Charter schools are public schools that receive funding directly from the state, rather than through a school district, based on student enrollment (called ADA, for Average Daily Attendance). Charters are often not bound by the constraints of school district rules or union regulations regarding tenure, assignments and hours. This freedom enables a charter to control its resources more efficiently and direct its energies to the needs of its populace.
A charter also enjoys more staffing autonomy and curricular freedom than a district, allowing it to implement innovative concepts and applications which enable the program to educate, change, and grow in response to students' needs and best interests. Charters must remain effective and accountable in order to survive as a school, thus creating healthy competition for other schools (public and private) to improve. Approximately 4,600 charter schools currently operate in the U.S., educating about 3% of the nation's public school students. There are currently over 750 charter schools in California alone.