91桃色视频

By Andrew Lewis

There are currently 80 startup charter public schools in Georgia serving more than聽40,000 students across聽the state. Both聽the number of schools and the number of聽students enrolled in charters聽have been steadily increasing in the Atlanta metro聽area and across the state.

One number that does not get enough聽attention聽is the substantial number聽of children on waiting lists to attend these charter public schools. At the start of the聽2014-15 school year, .

It’s a聽number聽that clearly indicates a demand for more charter school options.

As we approach the upcoming 2015 session of the Georgia General Assembly,聽elected officials who support and oppose charter public schools should聽keep in mind the many factors driving the growth of聽charter public schools in Georgia, and heed the聽alarming growth of聽waiting lists across the state.

There are infinite reasons why parents are demanding more charter聽public schools in communities across Georgia. Some reasons are obvious聽—聽too many聽students languish聽in聽inadequate academic settings, and many聽children can聽benefit from a聽school culture or curricular approach聽unavailable in their traditional public school.

Other factors are less聽apparent.聽Some parents feel their children will be聽safer in a charter school than the school they are zoned to attend. The location of a聽charter public school may be聽more accessible聽to work and聽home.聽Often聽the charter school offers an聽innovative instruction model such as language immersion, STEM, or Expeditionary Learning.

At the end of the day, all of these factors are very personal. Parents want the聽best for their children and empowering them聽with K-12 public education options allows any聽parent to choose the school that works best for their child.

Does this mean all charter public schools are the best option for a parent and their聽child? Far from it. What it does mean is that the decision making on the best聽academic environment for a child is taken away from elected politicians and placed聽in the capable hands of parents.

Andrew Lewis is Executive Vice President of the Georgia Charter Schools Association

The views and opinions expressed on CharterConfidential聽are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any agency.

Georgia Charter Schools Association

The Georgia Charter Schools Association (91桃色视频) is the membership organization for Georgia鈥檚 charter school operators and petitioners, established in 2001. Our mission is to be an effective advocate and service provider for all charter public schools in Georgia.