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ˈCharter School
The name given to schools established in Ireland by the Charter Society founded in 1733, to provide Protestant education for the Catholic poor. In 1745 a special tax was devoted by parliament to their support.
1763Duke of Northumberland Sp. Irish Parlt. in Ann. Reg. 197/1 For this purpose your protestant Charter schools were established. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 206 [Galway] has..a charter-school, and an hospital. 1881Froude Eng. in Irel. I. 573 The long celebrated Charter Schools so fiercely condemned by the Catholic priests. 1883Lecky Hist. 18th Cent. II. 200.
▸ With lower-case initials. U.S. A school affiliated by charter with others (usually in the same region) for the purpose of athletic competition, etc.
1912Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 22 Apr. 5/5 Delavan, one of the charter schools in the Corn Belt Oratorical and Athletic association..is out of the association this year and probably for good. 1946Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 27 Apr. 6/2 It is the hope of charter schools that the conference will grow into a 10 or 12 team circuit. 1976Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit.-Tribune 19 Mar. 3/2 The seven charter schools gathered in Brookfield last night for the final time. 1987Washington Post 4 June dc3/4 The Washington Parent Group Fund, a fund-raising organization for public schools in low-income neighborhoods, presented awards to supporting corporations and foundations and ‘graduated’ one of its charter schools during recent ceremonies.
N. Amer. (orig. U.S.). A publicly funded school, established as an autonomous institution with educational goals set by its board, and operating by contract or charter with a local school board or the State.
Now the usual sense in North America.
1988Star Tribune (Minneapolis) 9 Oct. 4 b/4 To create diversity, Shanker advocated autonomous charter schools, where school boards establish a mission, then relinquish control for a period of years. 1995Globe & Mail (Toronto) 1 May a7/1 A year ago, Alberta was the first province to introduce legislation for charter schools, a strategy imported from the United States that allows parents to set up their own publicly financed schools in co-operation with local school boards. 2003S. Macedo in School Choice iii. 60 Charter schools have been advanced as a way of providing the benefits of smaller and more-focused schools within an overall public system. |