The Asinine Argument between Charter Schools and Public Schools

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In The Lottery, a man named Eric Roachford, who works as a bus driver and has two sons, was introduced and did not attend college. Roachford preaches to his sons that “going to college makes the difference between a job and career.” Everybody knows that education ultimately leads to a person’s destiny in regards to his or her potential career. Also in The Lottery were four different families and bright children anticipating to attend charter schools in lieu of their public school counterpart. Because of the overwhelming demand for charter schools, a lottery system was enacted to admit students into the highly-praised Harlem Success Academy charter school. All of the parents shown in this documentary were praying for their children to be admitted into charter schools because of the common belief that charter schools are better than their current public schools. However, this arises a pressing debate: Are charter schools truly superior to public schools? Well, not all charter schools serve students better than public schools because of the end-results of studies comparing the test grades between charter and public schools, the growing number of charter schools being run by for-profit educational management organizations (EMOs), the scandal involving test scores with a charter school, and the stereotype of how a typical person perceives charter schools.
But first, the difference between charter schools and public schools realistically is not far. Charter schools are merely public schools created by locals such as parents, organizations, and community groups to satisfy educational needs of students that are not otherwise emphasized in traditional schools. With this, charter schools wield greater flexibility in curriculum and resource...

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Foster, Anne. "Time for Detente between Charter and Traditional Public Schools."Academic Search Alumni Edition. EBSCO, 1 Feb. 2014. Web. 22 June 2014. .
Henig, Jeffrey R. "Number of Schools Operated By..." National Charter School Resource Center. N.p., 30 Apr. 2013. Web. 24 June 2014. .
The Lottery. Dir. Madeleine Sackler. Perf. Eric Roachford. 2010. Documentary.

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