Charter schools

About 3.4 million (7.4%) students go to Charter schools and this number has doubled in the past ten years. Charter schools are tuition free but run by private companies. The average public school teacher earns $10,000 per year more than the average Charter school teacher. Charter schools are more diverse with 35% White, 27% Black and 30% Hispanic. Charter schools like Catholic schools can handle discipline problems with expulsions. Public school students are rarely expelled because statistics show that if a student stays in school until age 18 they are less likely to end up in prison. This causes disruptions in the classroom and many schools have a special room where these students are sent if they act up. Often times the student stays in the room and the teacher must deal with the problem. If they call for help sometimes the principal assumes they cannot control their classroom. Teachers are in a tough spot. If the parents of the other students in the room could witness what was happening they would be upset. Some suggest camera's in the classroom but others object.