Reflection On STEM Charter School

Fortunately and unfortunately, I am a product of charter schools. I attended Achieve Charter Academy from fifth grade to eighth grade. I joined the first year that it opened, leaving all my elementary friends right before graduation. Over the course of the four years I was in multiple advanced courses and performing well. By eighth grade I was in geometry that counted towards high school credit, and feeling good about my academic path. I am grateful of this, but it did not prepare me well for the future years to come. The way we learned was very basic. There was not as much rigor as there would be in a class of that extent. I was never really challenged during the course of the year. I entered high school with high hopes. Unfortunately the

The process of leadership requires self-identification of behaviors and reflection on one’s attitude (Bell, 2010). Among the thousands of leadership books in print today, this book is one that takes a different approach to examining leadership from a Christian perspective as well as relating to the process of leadership along with many

To understand the state of charter schools today, it is important to know how a charter school was envisioned to be. Tell explains that charter schools, by nature, should be more accurately described as “contract” schools. These schools are contractually obligated to serve the interest of the general public by providing education opportunities using the funds provided from taxes. Traditionally, charter schools are defined as “tuition-free, publicly funded, performance-based, non-sectarian, public schools of choice open to all.”[1] These schools are considered autonomous because they are exempt from most, if not all, local and state rules and regulations regarding education. The reduction of applicable laws pertaining to these schools are supposed to liberate them from the supposedly strict regulations that bog down the education system that prevent teachers from what they were actually hired to do: to teach. Although novel in concept, this idea has been difficult to implement in reality.

Robert Banks and Bernice M. Ledbetter believe the subject of leadership to be one worth exploring, and they do so in their book much to our profit. In this short book, Banks and Ledbetter begin by presenting the overall question they want to answer: Do Christians' core convictions shape their views and practices of leadership or are they affected by wider cultural assumptions? [1]The book begins by exploring the many reasons for the increased interest in leadership today. The authors offer a plethora

Following Washington D.C.’s Public Education Reform Act 2006, the Public Charter School Board (PCSB) is responsible for the direct oversight public charter schools; their responsibilities include:

The second report, “On the Road to Better Accountability,” is an analysis of state charter

Charter schools have an interesting history with origins that are most often overlooked. Since the enactment of the first charter school legislation in Minnesota in 1991, charter schools have grown rapidly to over 6,000 in forty-two (42) states and the District of Columbia (Karp & Heitner, 2013; CREDO, 2013). Originally, charter schools were teacher-operated schools serving students struggling inside the traditional system (Karp & Heitner, 2013). Accordingly, charter schools were established to operate outside the reach of administrative bureaucracy and politicization among many city school boards (Karp & Heitner, 2013).

Education is an important factor that is essential to being successful in the twenty first century. The abundant information and skills gained within the education system empowers the future students because they must be able to perform numerous tasks efficiently. Although disabled students have several barriers to face in the traditional education system, it is not fair for those students to receive a mediocre education because of limited services available or to discriminate them by rejecting their enrollment. Martin Luther Kind Jr. once said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” The book titled, “Charter Schools in Action”

Charter schools have recently become a topic of debate among educators. Charter schools are schools working in the public sector of education while also being privately owned. Charter schools are privately run, but receive public funding. There has been much debate since the sprouting of Charter schools about the demographics being represented and underrepresented. While there is evidence to support both sides of this argument, it should be clear to anyone after doing the research that charter schools are an overall negative aspect of the educational system.

Shanker originally proposed he mission of charter schools as schools where “groups of teachers should be able to run their own schools within regular schools and to pursue innovative ways of educating disaffected students.” Observe the evolution of charter schools. How are charter schools these days different? Are these differences, in your opinion, good or bad? (p. 286)

Another issue will an all charter school district is parent involvement. There are so many different types of parents: some take initiative and others do not. Would parents who normally do not take a notice in their child’s life take any interest in researching which charter school they would like their child to go to if the district was made solely of charter schools? William Jeynes (2009) argues that parents may not have “sufficient information about the options available to make the most prudent [choice]” for their child because of their financial position (p. 11). Cambridge, Massachusetts has transformed its school district into a public school choice program where parents can choose which public school to send their child to. The

In Moral Leadership, Sergiovanni shows how creating a new leadership practice--one with a moral dimension built around purpose, values, and beliefs--can transform a school from just an organization to a community. He believes that this "community" can inspire the kinds of commitment, devotion, and service from all stakeholders that can make our schools great. Sergiovanni explains the importance of justifying emotion and getting in touch with basic values and connections with others. He reveals how true collegiality, based on shared work and common goals, leads to an interdependence occurring naturally among

The education system in the United States has been anything but flourishing over the last few decades.  Schools are producing illiterate children across major metropolis’ around the nation and foreign education agendas are flooding the school’s curriculum.  Now teachers are breaking their silence regarding their investigation into the largest charter school chain in the United States and how it is operated by Turkish Islamists.

We as Christians know that we, as servant leaders, are servants first. Servant leadership begins “with the natural feeling that one wants to serve. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead” (Greenleaf, 2002, p.27). As servant leaders, effective leadership consists of a variety of traits and characteristics that encourages members of their team to follow them. “Team effectiveness is a multidimensional construct that encompasses performance, reputation, and organizational citizenship behaviors, among other facets” (Peralta, Lopes, Gibson, Lourenco, & Paris, 2015). Improving team leadership development training for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospital, Office of Public Health (DHH/OPH) will not

I learned a lot from my short experience as a ministry assistant. I learned that not all leaders possess leadership qualities. I learned the importance of paying a fair wage. As a future employer, I will follow the Biblically-based principle of repayment, and pay my employees a fair wage for their work. Businesses are successful when they place the needs of others before