Charter schools and the corporate makeover of public education : what's at stake?
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- ISBN: 9780807752852 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0807752851 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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xiii, 151 p. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: New York : Teachers College Press, c2012.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-141) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. An introduction to the landscape of charter reform : The rise of the charter school movement ; Charter schools, public education, and the front line of a contested political terrain ; Charters in the history of educational choice ; What is at stake? ; The structure of the book -- 2. The promise: the genesis of expectation and the challenge of charter reform : The luster and contribution of exemplar charter schools ; A history of charters in three movements ; The policy landscape: commitments and variation ; The charter landscape ; Policy dimensions: are charter schools public institutions? ; Charters, the marketplace, and a theory of change ; The appeal of charters to dominant economic interests: monetizing public education ; The question of money and corruption ; Scaling up reform through a network of charters: the tradeoffs of efficiency, and economic advantage ; Parents' search for alternatives to a system that has disinvested -- 3. The tension between promise and evidence : The promise-evidence gap ; Charters and the promise of equity ; Charter school dropouts, pushouts, and graduation rates: why do we know so little? ; The effect of charters on parent involvement ; The promise of charter innovation as a pathway to improving public education ; Teacher experience and stability as predicates for innovation ; Summary -- |
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Subject: | Charter schools United States Business and education United States Education Economic aspects United States Education Aims and objectives United States |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | LB 2806.36 .F337 2012 | 30775305464928 | General Collection | Available | - |