Arguments Against Charter Schools

Uniforms should be taken out of schools because they cost too much, they take away individuality and responsibility from children, and take away focus in school. School uniforms can be too expensive for some families. But, schools don’t seem to care about that, as they still enforce uniforms. The first example comes from article C paragraph six, where is says, “Are a financial burden for poor families.”

According to the Article “Diane Ravitch: Charter Schools are a Colossal Mistake. Here’s why” Diane believes charter schools are just taking money away from public schools and steering away from the real problem, which is academic performances are low where poverty and racial segregation is high. Charter schools are not reforming schools for the better. She says they go to the extreme of pushing students out of the chance to go to the charter school, because they’re afraid it will bring down there test scores. When before charters school were supposed to be working with public schools and help the weaker students get that extra help they need to do better in school.

There are several reasons why adolescent literacy programs do not work. According to Levin et al. (2010), the most common reasons for poor implantation in schools are “(1) failure to account for the resources that will be needed to promise success, and (2) failure to procure the appropriate resources at the outset” (2). A program could be successful, but without the whole package it is only half a success, and many times not worth the investment and time. Before embarking on expensive intervention programs schools should consult an “ingredients method”.

It is the school 's responsibility to maintain an environment open to diversity and enforcing dress codes does not help with that. If a school’s dress codes are making the students wear a uniform then that makes it harder on the parents because they have to make the expensive purchase of the uniforms. There are few benefits of school dress codes but they do not have the right to enforce what the students wear especially when they force them to buy expensive uniforms to wear in order to help the self esteem of the students. Therefore schools should be more lenient on the dress codes and let them wear what they want to an extent but some shirts can get a little out of hand with what they say on

School choice and vouchers are controversial educational topics in America. Parents believe they should have the choice as to where their children go to school, as indicated by Gallup Poll results in 2015 (Kappan, Gallup Poll Results, 2015). Although most parents send their children to the neighborhood school, they do support the rights of others to choose another location. The debates remain, without much data to prove that making a choice beyond the neighborhood school, either to a charter or private institution, creates more success or greater achievement for the student.

They state the high costs remove finances from the educational functions of the school system. For example, according to Dr. Sharon Levy of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the tests can cost “ $24 a pop that works out to about $20,000 per year”(Ingraham). Undeniably, testing an entire school would be extremely expensive in some school systems. However, it is truly impossible to place a dollar value on the safety of children in any community. They represent the future of this country, so they should be protected as such.

The reason why these schools were much more successful than the previous attempts at an integrated school system was lack of involvement from both the church and the state . These schools were originally independent and would rely on charitable institutions for funding. These schools were sought after by parents and without the involvement of the church or the state, they were able to ensure that it was the type of integrated school system they wanted to send their children too. One religion would not be viewed as greater than another and it allowed their children to interact with one another without their religion separate them.

Instead more citizens could be financially stable and offer high quality schools for future students. “…we cannot allow our disadvantaged children to continue to be undereducated in poorly conceived, poorly staffed, and poorly governed underfunded public schools. It is morally wrong and economically unsound…” (Ikpa 470). Children don't deserve to suffer because of their parents income levels.

One of the largest issues we face as a society is the security of equal opportunities for everyone. Minorities especially see very little opportunity when it comes to getting an education. Affirmative action seemed to be a logical solution to the racial discrimination involved with college admissions. However, affirmative action has proven to be of little success. Although there should be policies in place to ensure equal opportunity for all students, regardless of race, affirmative action gives an unfair advantage to students of color, and does not solve the institutional disadvantages that minorities have.

Learning should already provide pleasure even without the offer of money, it should be an elysian . In the long run, students have lower than naturally motivated students. Schools shouldn’t be paying students for awesome grades because it leads to fights and arguments, students should only learn if they want to, and students have lower grades in the long run. To begin, schools shouldn’t pay students for worthy grades since it starts problems in the classroom. According to the Prairieecothrifter.com “ Should parents pay for good grades?

Charter schools are a different type of school that is helpful to some students but not all. What a charter school is, they are privately managed, taxpayer funded schools which are made up from the community. However charter schools are not like private schools they are in fact outlined after public schools. Charter schools are for students who want to achieve a high level education. The schools are open to all children, they don’t charge tuition and there are no special requirements for them to attend.

Gatto is a far left libertarian who believe that schools are harmful to American society, yet he doesn’t provide substantial evidence in order to argue his point. In his article, he goes out of his way to show how bad public schools are, but only uses his personal experience instead of actual facts to back up his points. Throughout his whole article, he shows multiple mistakes that proves his opinion to be inconclusive. Gatto claims that schools are harmful to American society, yet he doesn’t provide substantial evidence in order to argue his point.