Why do charter schools seem to always be in bad areas?

... go – there are always a few “charter school success stories” that can be cherry ... The consensus view is that charter schools in Milwaukee do no better ... . on charter schools, public officials still seem intent on pursuing bad policy. ... I know there are places where public schools aren't functioning very well...

The King Center Charter School's (KCCS) quest to move from its current location to ... It does not view the school as “rooted” in the neighborhood, so it wants to ... . So it seems to be how kccsparent described it for this case. ... . Public schools are almost always overheated, and underused at no apparent cost.

I doubt that will happen since opportunity is always changing. ... I live south of the metro Atlanta area and our middle school principal has approval ... The Walton Rural Center Charter School seems to be successful and would not ... . Headline: Charter Schools That Start Bad Stay Bad, Stanford Report Says.

There is a charter school for rich white kids in Los Altos (the Bullis ... The wave of the future, it seems, is that charters will expand into ... Instead of “saving poor children from their failing public schools,” ... If your point is that charters aren't always a vast improvement on the highly segregated public s...

It is also important to acknowledge that magnet schools, like SLA, receive ... It's clear to me that the students seem to know a lot more than those who are ... Poorneighborhoods should not be subject to failing schools because ... schools are not always the answer to the failings of public schools. Charter.

Our school is right in there with the area charter schools according to state data ... who want to improve education because they are not always the same people. ... better who are poor or have problems at home that transfer to schools. ... their peers. they seem to do best and be most needed in places where ...

Time is running out on the argument that charter schools can do a ... ("Arizona Hopes New Charter Schools Can Lift Poor Phoenix Area," The New York Times, Jan. 17). The argument has always been that once free of the regulations and ... It doesn't seem unreasonable to expect better outcomes in the 18 ... .

Now if you are from a “bad” area then as a parent you have that choice to not put your child ... .. Obviously Charter schools will seem more productive because they have less ... . HOWEVER, charter schools are ALWAYS nonprofit organizations ...

The good, the bad, and the promising ... Does this mean you should run out and find a charter school for your child to attend? ... Not because it proves that charters are always better, but because in all their diversity, ... I visited the school begging them to keep in contact with me, being that we are new to the area and school.

The charter school office of the School District is recommending that Walter D. ... . does not mention this, Palmer was one of four area charter schools investigated as ... said the District's attempt to shut the school seemed like a “vendetta. ... .. Sounds like an awful lot of other bad stuff though financially thou...