This is my dissertation for my doctorate degree.The debate on charter schools is attributed to doubts that such schools areimproving the performance of their students. While proponents of charter schools praise their flexibility and creativity, opponents of charter schools posited that charter schools increased segregation, and skimmed the cream of the crop from traditional schools (Miron, 2008; Ravitch, 2010).The largest number of charter schools in the country is in California, and have existe