The more successful charter schools seem to work by molding the cultural assumptions of their students. KIPP, Lighthouse Academies, etc... all seem to work by g

The more successful charter schools seem to work by molding the cultural assumptions of their students. KIPP, Lighthouse Academies, etc... all seem to work by getting strict discipline into the classroom (eyes up front, everyone quiet, etc..) and convincing the students that they all should go to college. I'm not sure if the current approaches are optimal, but the 'quality' of students seems to malleable.