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The Importance of Charter Schools

July 30, 2009
By halfbloodprincess SILVER, Brownstown, Michigan
halfbloodprincess SILVER, Brownstown, Michigan
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Charter schools are schools that help students achieve bright futures. These are the schools that turn their students into prestigious scholars, the schools that make them ready for the real world, and the schools that make them confident enough to be able to conquer any obstacles in the way of their well-earned futures. Unlike other educational systems, charter schools offer many benefits. Some of the many benefits they offer are scholarships, high academic achievements, and diversity.
To begin with, many charter schools offer scholarships, a thing that very few public and private educational institutes do. They offer scholarships as a motive for the students to do their best at all times. For example, the superintendent of Star International Academy gives scholarships to students with a good grade point average. The better the grade point average, the better the student’s chances are of getting scholarship money for college. This is not only an incentive for students to get good grades, but also makes them strive to achieve their goals, and live up to their expectations.
Similarly, charter schools also have high academic achievements. Statistics show that charter schools score higher on standardized tests than other educational systems. This is because these schools focus more on the fundamental skills and core classes, than on extracurricular activities, as other schools do. This is also due to the smaller class sizes, and more personalized attention that is given to the students from their teachers. As a result, the students’ and teachers’ hard work and determination reflects on charter schools’ high academic achievements.
Lastly, charter schools let their students get a taste of the real world through its diverse environment. Accepting diversity is a skill that has to be mastered by every single person in the world. As in illustration, charter schools have different types of people who come from different backgrounds. They do not have students from only one race and ethnicity, but students from many different cultures and upbringings. This helps the students to become more open-minded and willing to accept the differences of others. Because of this, students from these schools learn early on in life that not everyone is the same, but all differences must be respected nonetheless. The students then do not judge other people for how they look, but for what their character really is. The differences the students have among themselves make them diverse, but these are also the differences that keep them united.
Overall, scholarships, high academic achievements, and diversity are some benefits that charter schools offer. Scholarships are given to students who have good grade point averages. This motivates the students to get good grades and fulfill their goals in school and in the real world. Charter schools are also high achieving schools. It has been shown that they score higher on standardized tests than other educational systems. This has been made possible because these schools focus more on the fundamental skills needed in school and life, instead of on extracurricular activities. Diversity is yet another reason why charter schools are more beneficial than other schools. These schools let their students get a feel of the real world through its diverse culture. It lets the students explore the depths of differences, and learn how to be diverse yet united at the same time. Although there are many different types of educational systems, charter schools are the only schools that will help students achieve lifelong success.


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