Currently, there are more than 1,100 charter schools which have been established under the federal Public Charter Schools program. Although they are relatively new, the success of charter schools has already been documented through the praise of many parents and families. One Michigan family, dissatisfied with the attention their son was receiving in school, choose to send their child to a charter school. Since then, their son's grades have improved. He could achieve at a charter school.
Parents also are able to be very involved in the school and take an active role in decision-making.