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American public education has changed numbers of American parents and teachers are in recent years．One change is that increasing starting independent public schools _________ (51)charter schools(特许学校)． ． In 1991，there were no charter schools in the United States．Today, more than 2,300 charter schools _________ (52)in 34 states and the District of Columbia．575,000 students_________ (53)these schools．The students are from 5 years of age through 1 8 or older．A charter school is _________ (54)by groups of parents，teachers and community(社区)members．It is similar in some ways _________ (55)a traditional public sch001．It receives tax money to operate just as other public schools do．The_________ (56)it receives depends on the number of students．The charter school must．prove to local or state governments that its students are learning．These governments _________ (57)the school with the agreement。Or charter that permits it to operate．Unlike a traditional public school，_________ (58)，the，charter school does not have to obey most laws governing public schools．Local，state or federal governments cannot tell it what _________ (59)．Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to_________ (60)those goals. Class sizes usually are，smaller than in many traditional public schools．Many Students and parents say_________ (61)in charter schools Can be more creative． However, state education agencies，local education-governing committees and unions often _________ (62)charter schools．They say these schools may receive money badly_________ (63)by traditional public schools．Experts say some charter schools are doing well while others are struggling．Congress provided 200 million dollars for_________ (64)charter schools in the 2002 federal budget(预算)．But，often the schools say they lack enough money for their_________ (65)．Many also lack needed space．

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