(From CUR 8010 Discussion #1)
Since 2008, charter schools have doubled in number, while 4000 district public schools have closed (Casey, 2015). As education experts, researchers, parents, teachers, and communities alike endeavor to successfully educate and empower an increasingly diverse student body, the question of whether charter schools pose an existential threat to public education becomes a vital area in the debate of what determines an ideal American education system.