charter school

[ chahr-ter skool ]

noun

1. an autonomous public school created by a contract between a sponsor, as a local school district or corporation, and an organizer, as a group of teachers or a community group, often with a curriculum or focus that is not traditional.

Word History and Origins

Origin of charter school¹

First recorded in 1800–10; current use dates from 1985–90

Example Sentences

AB 104 would require the state superintendent to allocate funding for school districts, charter schools and county offices of education to address learning loss, and would require those entities to develop plans outlining how the money will be used.

From Voice of San Diego

The requirement would not, however, be extended to private schools, and the rules would be looser for charter schools.

From Washington Post

About 10 percent of public school students in California attend charter schools — both brick-and-mortar and online.

From Washington Post

Race to the Top encouraged states to authorize charter school legislation and to increase the number of privately managed charters, and to pass legislation that tied teachers’ evaluations to the test scores of their students.

From Washington Post

He also intends to teach lessons to students at Dayton Early College Academy, a K-12 charter school with 1,300 students, 75 percent of them from low-income families.

From Washington Post

Nothing,” Klein notes, “was more threatening to the education status quo in New York City than our charter school initiative.

From The Daily Beast

South Brunswick Charter School opened its doors this summer at a temporary site.

From The Daily Beast

The first—and it turns out, only—stop was Douglass Academy, a new charter school in downtown Wilmington.

From The Daily Beast

In 2013, the state legislature passed a sweeping charter school bill pushed by Mitchell that loosened oversight and regulation.

From The Daily Beast

The union in New York City—the United Federation of Teachers—actually runs its own public charter school in Brooklyn.

From The Daily Beast

Josefina is a Spanish teacher at a charter school, and they have a 2-yearold daughter.

From Project Gutenberg

When I became president, there was just one independent public charter school in all America.

From Project Gutenberg

When I became President, there was just one independent public charter school in all America.

From Project Gutenberg