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Why where Charter Schools created, and what benefit do they have in the education world?

The ceremonial first day of the first charter school in Minnesota, 1992.

Purposes Behind the Creation of Charter Schools:
 * Escape the public state rules on education
 * founded by teachers, parents, activists
 * free to educate in unique, unrestricted ways
 * Improvement of academic standards and achievements
 * lower dropout rate
 * higher GPAs

Benefits to the world of Education:
 * graduation rates improving
 * KIPP Charter schools - up to 90%
 * offering new/better methods of teaching to improve education in America

Resources Used

Education Week. "Charter Schools." //Research Center: //. Education Week, 25 May 2011. Web. 17 Sept. 2013. .

"Newburgh’s First Charter School Ready to Launch." //Newburgh’s First Charter School Ready to Launch //. Mid-Hudson News, 22 Aug. 2013. Web. 17 Sept. 2013. .

Olson, G., and M. L. Fuller. "The Charter School Movement." //Education.com //. Education.com, 20 July 2010. Web. 17 Sept. 2013. .

Suny Levin Institute. "The Charter School Movement | Globalization101." //Globalization101 //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Suny Levin Institute, 2013. Web. 17 Sept. 2013. <http://www.globalization101.org/the-charter-school-movement>.