Charter schools can open their doors to students of various backgrounds and locations, thus eliminating discrimination against public education in bad neighborhoods. As their means, charter schools utilize public funds in order to operate. They are an exception within the traditional public school system in that they are allowed to choose how those funds are then allocated directly, rather than having the larger public system determines it for them. Even though rational decision making sounds great, it is just not practical. People do not always have access to similar kind of information and they may not even be aware of all the alternatives available to them.

Bounded rationality or mixed scanning decision making (the administrative theorist's approach)

Bounded rationality models suggest that bureaucratic constraints often affect decision-making .For example, teacher's unions may oppose expanding charter schools,...

Some parents may support the schools, without really questioning how quality educational standards will be maintained at the institutions, because they feel the public schools have failed their children. Conversely, some parents might simply reflexively oppose charter schools because of fear of the unknown. There is a limited number of public schools available, and in addition to this, many public schools are confined in how they can operate based on the ties to the larger public school system. A more flexible and therefore reliable system is needed to help give more educational opportunities to a larger breadth of students, without the high costs of private school tuition, this is where charter schools come into play. A problematic search of available opportunities shows