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s more than 70,000 students attend 148 charter schools
across louisiana for the current 2016-17 school year. while most are familiar with the traditional public school? the ones students attend based on residence?confusion remains about exactly what a charter school is. charter schools are public schools, which means students attend charter schools free of tuition. freedom and innovation at their core, every charter school is created to serve as an innovative and independent public school for the students in louisiana. because they are run by nonprofit organizations and not the school system, charter schools are largely free to decide their own curriculum, teaching materials, and instructional methods. inspire charter academy of baton rouge, one of more than 70 schools managed by national heritage academies across the nation, makes morality an integral part of their curriculum with gratitude, self-control, and compassion serving as central themes. for children?s charter school, early literacy and technology remain focuses. ?e school provides ipads at a ratio of one device for every two students in kindergarten through the second grade while every student in third, fourth, and fifth grade has a device to use in the classroom. ?e school also boasts a digital library so that students have access to quality reading material charter schools by valerie comeaux, phd in louisiana since charter schools are publicly funded, louisiana has laws providing for the minimum requirements a proposed charter school must meet before being approved for operation. ?e louisiana department of education defines any charter school functioning in this state as an independent public school that provides a program of elementary and/or secondary education to provide a learning environment that will improve student achievement. school choice. ?ese two words are brought up frequently in louisiana among politicians in discussions about how to improve our state?s educational system. but what does ?school choice? really mean? ?e term is used to represent a family?s decision to send their child to their zoned neighborhood school or pay tuition to a private institution. for the last decade, however, parents have seen more options become available when considering schools for their child. february 2017 | brparents.com 63
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