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Charter Schools
Many American children are preparing to 1.return to school 2.following summer vacation. 3.Most American students 4.go to traditional public schools. There are about eighty-eight thousand public schools. Some students 5.attend about three thousand independent public schools called charter schools.
1.return to school返校
2.summer vacation暑假
1&2.return to school following summer vacation暑假后返校
3.most students大部分学生
4.go to traditional public schools去上传统的公立学校
5.attend public schools上公立学校
go to schools, 和attend public schools都是上学的意思
6.Charter schools are self-governing. 7.Private companies operate some charter schools. They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools. They 8.receive tax money just as other public schools do. Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning. These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate.
6.charter schools are self-governing特许学校是自治的
7.private companies私人公司，operate经营
8.receive tax money收到税金
Charter schools are different because they do not have to 9.obey most laws governing traditional public schools. Local, state or federal governments cannot tell them what to teach. 10.Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach them. 11.Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools.
9.obey laws遵守法律
10.each school has its own goals每个学校有他们自己的目标
11.class size is usually smaller班级规模通常较小，class size班级规模
The Bush Administration strongly supports charter schools as a way to re-organize public 12.schools that are failing to educate students.
12.schools that are failing to educate students没能教育学生的学校
But some state 13.education agencies, local education committees and unions oppose charter schools. One teachers union has just made public the results of the first national study comparing 14.the progress of students in traditional schools and charter schools.
13.education agencies, education committees教育机构，教育委员会
14.the progress of students学生的进步
The American Federation of Teachers criticized the government's delay in 15.releasing the results of the study from two thousand three. The study is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Union education experts say the study shows that charter school 16.students performed worse on math and reading tests than students in regular public schools. The students did so in grades four and eight. The study found that fourth graders at charter schools were about half a year behind public school students in both reading and mathematics.
15.release the results of sth发布什么东西的结果
16.studetns performed worse学生表现得较差，students performed worse on math and reading tests学生在数学和阅读的成绩上表现得更差
Some experts say the study is not a fair look at charter schools because students in those schools have more problems than students in traditional schools. Other education experts say the study results should make charter school officials demand improved student progress.
17.students haveproblems学生有问题（问题学生）
18.improved student progress更好的学生的进步
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