Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public EducationPrinceton University Press, 30/07/2001 - 312 من الصفحات Can charter schools save public education? This radical question has unleashed a flood of opinions from Americans struggling with the contentious challenges of education reform. There has been plenty of heat over charter schools and their implications, but, until now, not much light. This important new book supplies plenty of illumination. |
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... Charter School Activity (September 1999) Table 4–1. At-Risk Youth in Charter Schools and Regular Schools Table 4–2. Students' Rating of Their Performance (by Race/Ethnicity) Table 4–3. Students' Charter School Likes and Dislikes Table 4 ...
... charter schools under the auspices of the Educational Excellence Network. The first two of those years we devoted to a research project called “Charter Schools in Action,” generously supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts and housed at ...
... charter schools. By the time we published the Charter Schools in Action “final report” in summer 1997, it was clear that this story deserved a full-fledged book.2 With the encouragement of Peter J. Dougherty, our exemplary editor at the ...
... CHARTER SCHOOL”? The charter school concept has the potential to utterly transform public education. Thanks to charter schools, the public is getting used to the idea that a school does not need to be operated directly by government in ...
... schools, some of the prized attributes of private schools—and crucial differences from both. As a public school, a charter school is open to all who wish to attend it (i.e., without regard to race, religion, or academic ability); paid ...