Charter Schools in Wisconsin appear to have been established with different goals than those in California. The California Charter Law (although it has been largely abandoned) is explicit in its intent. The following is the preamble to the California Charter Law (Education Code):
47601. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this part,
to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community
members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently
from the existing school district structure, as a method to
accomplish all of the following:
(a) Improve pupil learning.
(b) Increase learning opportunities for all pupils, with special
emphasis on expanded learning experiences for pupils who are
identified as academically low achieving.
(c) Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching
methods.
(d) Create new professional opportunities for teachers, including
the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the
schoolsite.
(e) Provide parents and pupils with expanded choices in the types
of educational opportunities that are available within the public
school system.
(f) Hold the schools established under this part accountable for
meeting measurable pupil outcomes, and provide the schools with a
method to change from rule-based to performance-based accountability
systems.
(g) Provide vigorous competition within the public school system
to stimulate continual improvements in all public schools.
Posted as a reply to:
No competition by Paula Crandall Decker 
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