Wow dude you ' re so nice . Happy ? <| sep |> I ' m a teacher who worked at a charter school in nyc and I left as soon as I could find a district job . The teachers at the school really had their heart in the right place . Everyone there wanted to help the kids . However and I know this varies greatly by region school the system was a farce to put money into the hands of the people who started the school . I remember administrators being excited at the prospect of being more selective at who was accepted into the school in other words , they were cherry picking students . The budget allocated money to certain things that I never saw when I worked there , yet teachers were paid less and worked longer hours . Where did that money tax payer money btw go ? No one knows . The insurance was crappy too . I understand , for every crappy Charter school you could name a crappy public school . However , at least with district jobs there is some accountability with the money . Charter schools promise the public they are more accountable , but I don ' t think they really are or it ' s easier for them to hide .