Charter schools 101: Charter schools in California's Central Valley:
"Charter schools are regulated but self-governing tuition-free public schools that tend to utilize innovative approaches in teaching, such as the use of natural and logical consequences, multi-age classrooms, class meetings, life skills education, Montessori principals, appreciation of brain compatibility and multiple intelligences, off-site teaching, community involvement, independent study, technology, and the all-important parent-teacher volunteers. A few charter schools have a focus such as art, music, college-prep or technology."
"Charter schools are regulated but self-governing tuition-free public schools that tend to utilize innovative approaches in teaching, such as the use of natural and logical consequences, multi-age classrooms, class meetings, life skills education, Montessori principals, appreciation of brain compatibility and multiple intelligences, off-site teaching, community involvement, independent study, technology, and the all-important parent-teacher volunteers. A few charter schools have a focus such as art, music, college-prep or technology."
