In Arizona the charters I see the most of are places like: https://ahacottonwood.org/m/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=453368&type=d https://ahacottonwood.org/m/pages/i

In Arizona the charters I see the most of are places like: https://ahacottonwood.org/m/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=453368&type=d https://ahacottonwood.org/m/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=453368&t... Or https://enrollbasis.com/tucson-primary/ https://enrollbasis.com/tucson-primary/ One side of the coin is basically softened McCarthyism as a school, which "encourages families to be actively involved in religious organizations of their choice" and [paraphrasing] "supports the national Motto of the United States: In God We Trust." The other is taking advantage of the angst among professional and white collar parents and runs a curriculum several years ahead of grade level, and takes advantage of filled wait-lists to create high pressure and somewhat rigid environments where kids who don't perform at a high level in even one subject get held back a year and get pressured to leave. I can't speak to the more "American Exceptionalism" oriented schools as much, despite relative ubiquity - I've heard of them refusing to service IEPs (or resisting doing evals) here and there. But the BASIS style ones are constantly sending kids back to the public schools that are somewhat psychologicaly damaged despite performing at quite a high level. Typical policies are things like "After grade 9, students must maintain an average score of 3 or above on all AP Exams or the student may not receive full financial support for AP Exams beyond the six that are required for graduation." I have the impression that students go back to publics because of things like not wanting to repeat a year because of struggling with Mandarin and developing self esteem issues. I think they (BASIS) also have non required courses available that have extra fees associated and aren't actually included with the state funded enrollment. Both angles are able to effectively select student populations that cost less to serve than the student population overall and avoid IEP kids and services for them. Obviously there are others, but anecdotally, other types don't seem to have a lot of longevity.