Charter Schools Vs. Public Schools

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As time progresses, so is the debate between which educational institution is better at maximizing student’s education: charter schools or public schools. In “Redefining “Public” Education: Charter Schools, Common Schools and the Rhetoric of Reform,” author Chris Lubienski, makes the argument that charter schools are not public schools. He defines charter schools as having these common characteristics: “are publicly funded but free of any bureaucratic regulations with which traditional public schools have to contend. Usually they operate independently of a locally elected school board and are designed instead to be more directly accountable to the families that they serve.” In this sense, charter schools are not public because

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