The American state of Minnesota passed the country’s first charter school law in the early 1990s. Since then, charter schools have spread from coast to coast. There are currently more than 6,700 charter schools, educating nearly 3 million students nationwide. Those numbers come from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a non-profit organization. Charter schools are a kind of public school that receives a special charter, or written rules, from a state government. A charter is a document, or series of documents, that gives rights to a person or group of individuals. Charter schools cannot require students to pay tuition for their education. The schools also cannot set admissions requirements. If too many young people asked to be admitted, the school must choose its students through a lottery system. Charter schools are different from public schools in many ways.
Title: What Is a Charter School?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1537/charter_schools.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='What Is a Charter School?' data-article-id='2052'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11188'>The American state of Minnesota passed the country’s first charter school law in the early 1990s.</span> <span data-start-time='11188' data-end-time='18396'>Since then, charter schools have spread from coast to coast.</span> <span data-start-time='18396' data-end-time='31292'>There are currently more than 6,700 charter schools, educating nearly 3 million students nationwide.</span> <span data-start-time='31292' data-end-time='42063'>Those numbers come from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a non-profit organization.</span> <span data-start-time='42063' data-end-time='54271'>Charter schools are a kind of public school that receives a special charter, or written rules, from a state government.</span> <span data-start-time='54271' data-end-time='65750'>A charter is a document, or series of documents, that gives rights to a person or group of individuals.</span> <span data-start-time='65750' data-end-time='72938'>Charter schools cannot require students to pay tuition for their education.</span> <span data-start-time='72938' data-end-time='78750'>The schools also cannot set admissions requirements.</span> <span data-start-time='78750' data-end-time='87792'>If too many young people asked to be admitted, the school must choose its students through a lottery system.</span> <span data-start-time='87792' data-end-time='93396'>Charter schools are different from public schools in many ways.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1537/charter_schools.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7666 data-hint-location='42063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1537/charter_schools_are_a_kind_of__blank__school_that_receives_a_special_charter_or_written_rules_from_a_state_government.m4a'>Charter schools are a kind of <span class='blank'>public</span> school that receives a special charter, or written rules, from a state government.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='public'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1537/exclusive.m4a'><span>exclusive</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1537/expensive.m4a'><span>expensive</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1537/private.m4a'><span>private</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1537/public.m4a'><span>public</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question 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