{"id":21,"date":"2024-10-07T20:52:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T20:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewra.ca\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:33:56","slug":"charter_school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andrewra.ca\/index.php\/charter_school\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Charter School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">A public charter school is a public school that provides education in an innovative or enhanced way to improve student learning and contribute to educational choice. This means that parents and students have increased opportunity to choose an education that best serves student needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">-Public Charter School Handbook<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-foreground-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GQjkcJ2CuZs\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-radius:20px\">Charter School Information &#8211; Video<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Differences between Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Charter schools on average out perform public schools on Provincial Achievement Test scores.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Requires less governmental funding per student compared to public schools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each charter school has it&#8217;s own unique education styles and approaches to teaching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charter schools cannot be religious in nature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Similarities<\/strong> between Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Follows the Alberta curriculum and is held accountable by the Minister of Education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teachers must be accredited.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receive funding from the Government of Alberta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cannot turn students away as long as the school is not at capacity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cannot charge tuition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While a charter school is technically a public school and it is evaluated by government of Alberta, charter schools are run by autonomous non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.alberta.ca\/dataset\/6789b8a0-c8ac-4c89-bbbd-a4e3e996d37e\/resource\/623f521a-52cd-4e39-8243-c46276925805\/download\/edc-public-charter-schools-handbook-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Charter Schools Handbook<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-cover alignright is-light\" style=\"min-height:1105px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"1600\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-119\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewra.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tree-1.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewra.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tree-1.jpg 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