We just enrolled my incoming 6th grade daughter in something called the California Virtual Academy, an online California-tax-funded Charter School. The program gets rave reviews from parents and unbiased educators alike. Charter Schools  -- if the LAUSD and other behemoth school districts don't kill them off first -- is the future of American education. Here is why:

Study: Charter schools on top
By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 06/10/2008 08:21:59 PM PDT

Charter schools in the San Fernando Valley, already among the highest-performing schools in LAUSD, are outperforming their traditional counterparts, a study released Tuesday by the California Charter Schools Association said.

Comparing state and federal test results in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the study found that nearly two out of three Valley charter schools performed better academically than their traditional counterparts, in line with schools district-wide.

Caprice Young, chief executive officer of the California Charter Schools Association, said she hoped the study would help legitimize charter schools in the eyes of parents.

"Parents have to make a choice of where to send their children," Young said.