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Charter Schools In Action Analysis

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Education is an important factor that is essential to being successful in the twenty first century. The abundant information and skills gained within the education system empowers the future students because they must be able to perform numerous tasks efficiently. Although disabled students have several barriers to face in the traditional education system, it is not fair for those students to receive a mediocre education because of limited services available or to discriminate them by rejecting their enrollment. Martin Luther Kind Jr. once said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” The book titled, “Charter Schools in Action” …show more content…

The credibility of the authors is first presented in the introduction as it states that the book is a result from three and a half years “of immersion in the world of charter schools . . .(3)” The authors first state an allegation against the enrollment of disabled students in charter schools, followed by a counterargument from the authors, and finished by supporting facts written by authorities on the subject. The authors first attack the belief that charters schools do not adequately serve disabled children; therefore not many parents choose charter schools for their disabled children. Then counter claim by asserting, “Charter schools are popular with those parents of disabled youngsters who have sought them out, often because such families want something distinct from the cumbersome procedures of conventional “special” education” (158). Immediately following their counterargument, they state the data from a Hudson Institute survey from parents that “two-thirds reported that their charter school’s curriculum and teaching are better than those of the school their child would otherwise be attending.” The organization of this section is not effective because there is a leap in the argument. The authors declare that disabled children are not being adequately served followed by a statement, which is on the other side of the spectrum, that charter schools are popular with parents of disabled students. The authors should have offered some leeway into the counterargument that could have gained greater credibility by captivating the audience first. In addition, the authors expand the counterargument by citing the U.S. Department of Education to support the claim that charter schools are popular for the disabled

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