charter school

[ chahr-ter skool ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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