In the United States, charter schools provide alternatives to
"regular" public schools. Unlike most public schools, charters don’t usually
have an enrollment boundary and can recruit students from a larger geographic
area. Ⅰ. Features of charter schools
1) admission process
— no discrimination
— a random of method like (1)______
2) many different shapes
— to cater to specific regulations
— to offer a thematic or (2) ______
curriculum
to provide an alternative to regular public school
3) location
— more likely to be found in (3) ______ areas
4) management
— run by large and small companies, parents, teachers, community groups
and nonprofit organizations 5)
size — most
charter schools are new and (4) ______ 6)
academic results —
Charter schools don’t necessarily produce better academic results than regular
public schools. Ⅱ. Funding of charter schools
1) mostly from the state, generally based on their
(5)______ 2) also from grants and
additional donations for ambitious programs not fully funded y state/ district
formulas 3) also a limited amount of (6)
______ to help start new charter schools
4) Funding for facilities can be (7) ______ for charter schools.
Ⅲ. Monitoring of charter schools
1) authorizers —
entities that grant schools (8) ______, and monitor their performance
— including charter boards, school
boards and (9)______ 2) key masons schools
close — They can’t
recruit enough students. —
They can’t find a stable space to operate.
— They can’t manage (10)______