Charter schools provide an innovative alternative to conventional NYC public schools. With their high degree of autonomy, performance-based education models and strict accountability, charter schools:
• enable teachers to be more creative and innovative in their teaching methods, length of school day and year, and subject matter;
• provide an added education resource in areas underserved by public schools;
• tend to be smaller in overall student body for more personalized attention;
• allow parents to choose a school based on what they think will work best for their children; and
• are held accountable for meeting and exceeding academic, operational, and fiduciary goals.
New York City's charter school students consistently outperform their traditional public school peers on standardized math and English language arts exams. 90.7% of New York City charter school students are proficient in math and 77.4% are proficient in English language arts. In comparison, 81.8% of traditional public school students are proficient in math and 68.8% are proficient in English language arts.
