英文摘要 |
The purposes of charter schools are to enhance the equity of educational opportunity, provide school choice, and build the accountability system. Charter school is one of the most important educational policies. In the beginning, the research explored the originality, process, current situations of charter school policies in Taiwan and the USA. Second, the research compared the dissimilarity and sameness of charter school policies between Taiwan and the USA according to developmental context, authorizers, operators, the styles and sizes of schools, autonomy, leadership structure, funding, accountability, and evaluation. At last, the research made the following implications: 1The enactment of charter school laws should be viewed as the first priority; 2The Ministry of Education (MOE) should found charter schools on the basis of Taiwanese distinctive features; 3The MOE should subside the budget of charter schools; 4The MOE should endow charter schools with more autonomy concerning about budget and staff; 5The MOE should establish the transparent mechanism of charter schools. |