Types of Schools
Schools that are available to all students and are funded through taxes
What are public schools?
The opportunity for students in low-income families to go to private schools
What are vouchers?
The percentage of students enrolled in schools in the 2001-2002 school year
What is 90%?
Teacher centered schools
What are Core Knowledge schools?
Schools that require tuition and are not funded by the government
What are private schools?
Private businesses running 9 of Baltimore's schools
What was the Baltimore Experiment?
The amount of charter schools opened by the 2000-2001 school year
What is 2,100?
Student centered schools
What are Progressive schools?
Schools developed to combat segregation and focus on the talents of the youth
What are magnet schools?
A program that ensures all students receive the same education no matter where in the country they are or what grade they’re in
What is Core Knowledge?
The amount of charter schools that were operated by for-profit agencies
What is 173?
Students learn by doing
What are Progressive schools?
Schools that get government funding but don’t have to report to the school system its located in
What are charter schools?
Businesses like EAI that ran schools and made schools more profitable by incorporating things like logos into the school environment
What are for-profit agencies?
The percentage of students home-schooled in the 2000-2001 school year
What is 2.5%?
Schools that provided an equal opportunity curriculum
What are Core Knowledge schools?