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Do you support charter schools?

Charter schools are tax payer funded K-12 schools that are managed by private companies. In Sweden the system of friskolor ("charter schools") was instituted in 1992. There are currently 900 charter schools throughout the country. These are publicly funded by school vouchers and can be run by not-for-profits as well as for-profit companies. The schools are prohibited from supplementing the public funds with tuition or other fees, pupils must be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis and entrance exams are not permitted.

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Response rates from 1.2k Kronoberg voters.

59%
Yes
41%
No
48%
Yes
36%
No
6%
Yes, but not at the expense of funding public schools
4%
No, we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead
6%
Yes, but only if they are non-profit
1%
No, and education should not be privatized
0%
Yes, and our entire education system should be privatized

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 @9KGXMFManswered…12mos12MO

I choose both "Yes" and "No, we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead".

 @9K3983Qfrom Ohio  answered…12mos12MO

They should have a rigorous cirricula that includes a wide multidisciplinarian approach to education.

 @9FGWF67answered…1yr1Y

Yes. It is impossible to create a true utopia, and so charter schools cover the areas not covered by public schools. I'm autistic, and public schooling completely and utterly failed me. I now go to a charter school with a course specifically designed to support people with autism. It has given me a second chance at life.

 @958WLB7answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but there should monitoring over the objective and the education that is happening in these schools

 @94PVSJZanswered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but shouldnt me able to make much money

 @8TDSW7Fanswered…4yrs4Y

Yes, For children that excel and would do better among other children that require accelerated learning to challenge them.

 @9C8BLHWanswered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but with no religious or political incentive

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