What Question 2 Results Show About MA

Uncommonschools.org defines a charter schools as “an independently run public school granted greater flexibility in its operations, in return for greater accountability for performance.” Not all charter schools are the same, they each have different “charters” which are the missions and goals of each school. Many people assume that charter schools are private institutions that just swallow up public funds that could be going towards improving public schools. To begin, charter schools receive less per pupil funding than public schools. CCSA.org states that the money that is allocated to charter schools does not come out of school districts' budgets. The state and the federal government allocate education funds based on the number of students, their grade level and their needs.

The positives of charter school education revolves around the fact that each school can create its own educational methodology. In other words, it allows freedom and creativity for teaching and learning methods for both teachers and students. There tends to be more individualized attention given at Charter schools than given at public schools. Only two days ago, Massachusetts voted on whether there would be a major expansion of charter schools within the state. The results showed that NO, we as a state rejected this ballot question.

Now, these results show two things about the people of Massachusetts. One: it shows that we are concerned about the overall quality of public schools. Two: we are bias towards public schools. It is a great thing for us to be worried about the decay of public schools because of charter schools- only that it is not a fact public schools would decrease in quality. Public schools don’t even use all of the funding that is given to them. We are bias towards public schools because that is where the majority of our children and teenagers attend. But many public schools fail to properly educate many students, whether it be the school or the student’s fault. Public school’s education is generalized and charter school’s education is more individualized. Maybe charter school expansion is what we would have needed to heighten the success of our students.