(WHAS11) A bill that would allocate more taxpayer money to charter schools cleared a major hurdle in the Indiana House late last night. It now heads to the State Senate, despite opposition from teachers unions that it would take some much needed money away from public schools; how much money is still being debated by legislators.
WHAS 11 News was invited into a Southern Indiana charter school to see what the fuss is all about and how it’s so different from traditional public schools.
The minute you walk through the doors of Community Montessori in New Albany, you realize this a completely different type of school than many are used to. “We don’t have to have text books, which our school does not. We don’t have to have grades, which our school does not. We have our own unique way of assessing and identifying the students progress,“ said Director Barbara Burke Fondren.
Here, there are no grades and no classrooms; instead, there are free flowing studios, books are replaced by laptops and a style that leans toward hands-on learning.
