Charter Schools

Charter Schools are publicly funded and open to all students in New York City through a non-discriminatory admissions lottery. Each charter school is governed by a not-for-profit board of trustees which may include educators, community members, and leaders from the private sector. Charters have freedom to establish their own policies, design their own educational program, and manage their human and financial resources. Charter schools are accountable, through the terms of a five-year performance contract, for high student achievement.

Charter schools were established to:

• Provide families with an increased number of high quality school choices
• Improve student achievement
• Increase learning opportunities for all students, with an emphasis on at-risk students
• Encourage use of innovative teaching methods/educational designs
• Create new professional opportunities for teachers, administrators, school staff
• Change from rule-based to performance based accountability

		Charter Schools Operations Wiki
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• Enrolling Your Child in a Charter School
• Operations Calendar
• Charter Schools Weekly Communication
• 2013 CSAS Weekly Communication Archive
• Charter Schools Opened Fall 2012
• Charter Schools Opened in Fall 2012
• New Charter School Digest