Reply #19: So, please tell me how a charter school

[waiting for hope]

would work better and what they are doing differently? The three charter schools in my area do not carry the reputation that the public schools enjoy. From several friends I have that are teachers in my area, the hiring practices are not as stringent as the county's - that bothers me, as well as to the academic curriculum which is based on this book - Teaching Children to Care: Management in the Responsive Classroom (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961863617/ref=cm_rdp_product_img) - sorry, that doesn't cut it.

Changing over to a system that is not designed to work everywhere is not the answer .. kinda like NCLB to begin with.

And carrying a hand gun to school? I am truly sorry your educational experience sucked, but for me, having public education is preferable to a corporation run school.