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 activists, to
the religious Right. At present there are about 1,700 charter
schools, with total enrollment estimated to reach one million early
in the century. Yet, until now, little has been known about the
inner workings of these small, inventive schools that rely on
public money but are largely independent of local school boards.
"Inside Charter Schools" takes readers into six strikingly
different schools, from an evangelical home-schooling charter in
California to a back-to-basics charter in a black neighborhood in
Lansing, Michigan. With a keen eye for human aspirations and
dilemmas, the authors provide incisive analysis of the challenges
and problems facing this young movement.
Do charter schools really spur innovation, or do they simply
exacerbate tribal forms of American pluralism? "Inside Charter
Schools" provides shrewd and illuminating studies of the struggles
and achievements of these new schools, and offers practical lessons
for educators, scholars, policymakers, and parents.
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