Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Grey House Publishing Inc
Published: October 2009
Product Code: R167-221Description From zero in 1991 to 3,800 eighteen years later, charter schools (public schools under contract) today educate well over a million students. This updated, second edition examines the unusual experiment that is charter education and the controversies that surround public choice and charter schools as a means of educational reform.
- Written by experts in the field, this all-inclusive volume looks at what motivates the rise of charter schools, from the frustrations of parents, teachers, and students, to the expectations of community members
- Offers a critical perspective on key school programs and curriculum design, and provides analyses of race, class, and special education needs as they affect charter schools
- Critically examines the record and curriculum of charter schools, the laws that govern them, the circumstances that surround them, and how both legislation and politics define and maintain the charter school movement
- Updated Directory of organizations, associations, and government agencies associated with the movement, along with selected print and non-print resources such as union and government publications, books, and journals
- Updated Chronology of Events
- New Primary Documents section
- Four Appendixes: Comparison of State Standard Development & Charter School Requirements, State Testing Requirements, Admission Policies, and Teacher Professionalism
- Cumulative index
Available in print and ebook formats
As charter schools continue to increase in number, this text will be a useful addition to the reference collection of public libraries, university libraries and education departments, along with high school libraries and school districts.
Table of Contents - Preface
- 1 Introduction
- The Emergence of Charter Schools
- Who Selects Charter Schools?
- Does Everyone Support Charter Schools?
- Defining a Charter School
- Difference between Charter Schools and Other Educational Reforms
- Vouchers
- Magnet Schools
- Privatization of Schools
- School On-Site Management
- The Debate over Educational Standards and Assessment
- Why Charter Schools?
- Educational Choice
- Why Educational Stakeholders Choose Charter Schools
- Parental Frustration
- Teacher Frustration
- Student Frustration
- Conclusion
- References
- 2 Chronology
- 3 Curriculum and Instructional Approaches
- A General Look at What Some Charter Schools Are Doing
- Preserving Native-American Heritage
- Oakland Charter Academy
- A Curriculum Designed by Children
- Alianza Bilingual Immersion Model
- A Back-to-Basics Charter School
- A Specific Look at What Some Charter Schools Are Doing
- Freire Charter School
- Minnesota New Country School
- O'Farrell Community School
- Mater Center Charter School
- Pimeria Alta School
- Conclusion
- References
- 4 Charter Schools and the Law
- State Laws That Affect Charter Schools
- Funding and the Law
- Charter School Costs
- Charter School Funding
- District Revenues and the Law
- Teacher Issues and the Law
- Admission Policies and the Law
- Autonomy and the Law
- Equity and the Law
- Accountability and the Law
- Legal Accountability of Charter Schools
- Understanding Charter School Laws in One State: Michigan
- Directions in the Law
- Looking at Charter Laws State by State
- Starting a Charter School
- Doing a Situational Analysis
- Assembling a Core Group of True Believers
- Designing the Plan
- Gaining Approval for the Charter
- After Approval: Opening the School
- Developing, Enabling, and Sustaining a Learning Community
- References
- 5 Politics and the Charter School Challenge
- Historical Background
- American Industrialism and the Factory School
- Post-World War II Politics of Public Education
- The 1960s and the Politics of Education
- Conservatism, the 1980s, and the Politics of Public Education
- School Choice and the Politics of the Charter Movement in the 1990s
- The Politics of School Choice
- The Emergence of Public Choice
- Competition and Public School Choice
- Charter School Supporters
- Opposition to Public Choice and the Charter School Movement
- The Controversy over For-Profit Management Firms
- The Controversy over the Segregation of Schools
- Admission Practices and Discrimination
- Undecided Educators and Unanswered Questions
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 Teachers’ Unions and Charter Schools
- Introduction
- Where Unions and Anti-Union Charter Proponents Agree
- Combating Privatization
- Charter School Reliance on Private Resources
- The Privatization of School Management
- Contracting Out for Specific Services
- Union Positions on Charter School Legislation and Development
- Standards and Accountability
- Accessibility to Charter Schools
- Teacher Professionalism
- Collective Bargaining and Charter Schools
- Teacher Certification
- Local District Approval of Charter Schools
- Public Accountability and Charter Schools
- Transforming Teachers’ Unions: Rethinking Roles and Responsibilities
- Summary
- References
- 7 Organizations, Associations, and Government Agencies
- 8 Selected Print and Non-Print Resources
- Printed Sources
- Union Publications
- Government Publications
- Private and Public Think Tank Publications
- Books and Journals
- Nonprint Resources
- Appendixes
- Index
- About the Author
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