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.
Charter schools--independently operated public schools of
choice--have existed in the United States only since 1992, yet
there are already over 1,500 of them. How are they doing? Here
prominent education analysts Chester Finn, Bruno Manno, and Gregg
Vanourek offer the richest data available on the successes and
failures of this exciting but controversial approach to education
reform. After studying one hundred schools, interviewing hundreds
of participants, surveying thousands more, and analyzing the most
current data, they have compiled today's most authoritative,
comprehensive explanation and appraisal of the charter phenomenon.
Fact-filled, clear-eyed, and hard-hitting, this is the book for
anyone concerned about public education and interested in the role
of charter schools in its renewal.
Can charter schools boost student achievement, drive educational
innovation, and develop a new model of accountability for public
schools? Where did the idea of charter schools come from? What
would the future hold if this phenomenon spreads? These are some of
the questions that this book answers. It addresses pupil
performance, enrollment patterns, school start-up problems, charges
of inequity, and smoldering political battles. It features close-up
looks at five real--and very different--charter schools and two
school districts that have been deeply affected by the charter
movement, including their setbacks and triumphs. After outlining a
new model of education accountability and describing how charter
schools often lead to community renewal, the authors take the
reader on an imaginary tour of a charter-based school system.
Charter schools are the most vibrant force in education today.
This book suggests that their legacy will consist not only of
helping millions of families obtain a better education for their
children but also in renewing American public education itself.
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