Title: What is School Choice? - CES Schools
Headings: What is School Choice?
What is School Choice?
School Choice in the United States
Private School Choice
Public School Choice
Home Schools

Content: The charter school movement is remarkably successful, expanding rapidly in a relatively short period of time. In 1990, there were no charters schools. Today, there are more than 5,400 schools with more than 1.7 million students. States or cities with fast-growing charter school movements include Washington, D.C., Houston, California and New Orleans, where more than half of the city’s students attend charter schools. New Orleans has the highest percentage of charter schools in the nation. Unlike their traditional public school counterparts, charter schools are more accountable to the public, and they are much easier to shut down if they do not perform well. Other Forms of Choice. Another example of public school choice worth mentioning is a key provision in President Bush’s No Child Left Behind education law, which will soon be revamped under a different administration. This provision allows children in consistently failing schools to transfer to a better performing public school. There is also a significant growth of “virtual schools,” which allow students to participate in online public education in the privacy of their home.