I really like the idea of thematic schools. Locally we have a charter school that is college prep with a focus on science (http://coralacademy.org/ http://coral

I really like the idea of thematic schools. Locally we have a charter school that is college prep with a focus on science (http://coralacademy.org/ http://coralacademy.org/) and it's a great school. We also have two charter schools that focus on bilingual instruction that have produced really good results as the students receive each lesson twice. Once in their native language and once in english. Unfortunately it turns out that one of those schools is being investigated for test score manipulation so the results may be misleading. If you have students that aren't willing or able to perform in a standard school having alternatives available for them is a great thing. There's no reason that students that have no desire to go to college or what not should not have the option of a school that also offers vocational programs.