Inside Charter Schools : : The Paradox of Radical Decentralization /

Inside Charter Schools : : The Paradox of Radical Decentralization / / ed. by Bruce Fuller.

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Deepening disaffection with conventional public schools has inspired flight to private schools, home schooling, and new alternatives, such as charter schools. Barely a decade old, the charter school movement has attracted a colorful band of supporters, from presidential candidates, to ethnic activis...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
MitwirkendeR:
Fuller, Bruce,
Huerta, Luis A,
Huerta, Luis A.,
Jellison Holme, Jennifer,
Rofes, Eric,
Stuart Wells, Amy,
Vasudeva, Ash,
Wexler, Edward,
Yancey, Patty,
Zernike, Kate,
HerausgeberIn:
Fuller, Bruce,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©2000
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (301 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Growing Charter Schools, Decentering the State
  • 1 The Public Square, Big or Small? Charter Schools in Political Context
  • 2 We Hold on to Our Kids,We Hold on Tight: Tandem Charters in Michigan
  • 3 An Empowering Spirit Is Not Enough: A Latino Charter School Struggles over Leadership
  • 4 Selling Air: New England Parents Spark a New Revolution
  • 5 Diversity and Inequality: Montera Charter High School
  • 6 Losing Public Accountability: A Home Schooling Charter
  • 7 Teachers as Communitarians: A Charter School Cooperative in Minnesota
  • 8 Breaking Away or Pulling Together? Making Decentralization Work
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Index

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