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Charter Schools
The Charter School experiment started in 1992. A Charter School is an experimental school where parents, teachers or community
members who have ideas on new ways to run schools are given public funds to do so. A proposal is made to either a local school
district or a state board of education. This proposal is , in effect, a business plan. It includes descriptions of educational
programs, budgets and which communities the school will serve. An approved charter allows the school operators to operate
free from the constraints of an educational bureaucracy. In many public schools decisions regarding students are often
made by distant anonymous administrators. In a Charter School these decisions are made by by teachers and professionals
that know the students and their unique needs personally.
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Boarding Schools
Some exclusive boarding schools open today have been teaching students for more than 300 years. A boarding
school that I attended had cafeteria tables made from the invading ships of the Spanish Armada. The vast majority
of Presidents of the United States attended boarding schools. Boarding schools allow the educational setting
to extend to every waking hour. They have extremely low teacher-to-student ratios. More than 90% of thier
graduates are admitted to a university. Their upscale pastoral settings attract the most qualified educators.
Schools like this practice "Hollistic Education", the belief that a proper education includes more than academics, also
includes the necessity of personal, ethical, and emotional development as well. A boarding school creates
whole people not simply better students.
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