?A useful and persuasive description of the state of the art' of charter school foundations by one of the movement's earliest, most articulate, and best informed advocates.?--Theodore R. Sizer, chairman, Coalition of Essential SchoolsBased on nationwide surveys, research, and visits to dozens of charter schools, award-winning former public school educator Joe Nathan addresses the key questions about these revolutionary schools. Who starts charter schools? What kind of students attAnd? Are charter schools using ideas and techniques other schools can and should learn from? Are these schools actually helping students? Are charter schools having an impact on the larger system?Nathan's book describes the key elements of the charter idea and explains how it differs from strategies like magnet schools, vouchers and site management. The author provides valuable advice to those thinking of starting a new school or converting an existing school. And he includes a wealth of resources about individual state charter laws, contact people, online resources, and more.
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?Along with school choice, charter schools are the most important education reform of our times. This book, by a pioneer of education reform, will tell you everything you want to know about them in clear, lucid prose.? — David Osborne, coauthor of Reinventing Government and managing partner, The Reinventing Government Network
?A useful and persuasive description of the state of the art' of charter school foundations by one of the movement's earliest, most articulate, and best informed advocates.? — --Theodore R. Sizer, chairman, Coalition of Essential Schools
?A comprehensive guide for the hopeful, the desperate, and the cynical educators, policy makers and public who wish to create public schools better fit for today's and tomorrow's children.? — --Yvonne Chan, principal, Vaughn Next Century Learning Center
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JOE NATHAN is director of the Center for School Change at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, and writes a weekly education column for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. His guest columns have appeared in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlanta Constitution. A leading authority in the field of charter schools, he has also been a guest on The Today Show and CBS Morning News.
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Great History of Charters,
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I was a little leary at first because the book is so old, however, after reading it (required for a class I'm taking), I think it is super. I've learned a lot that I didn't know even though I've worked in charters for 12 years.
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A book thatparents and educators must read!,
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This review is from: Charter Schools: Creating Hope and Opportunity for American Education (Jossey Bass Education Series) (Hardcover)
Charter Schools may just be the secret to better public education. In a free market economy, what works better than competition? Charter schools are forcing our public schools to work, because they are showing the public that it can be done, well, with the money that we already have out there. Read this book-- and start wondering, where does your tax money really go?
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charter school concept, existing charter schools, charter school proponents, charter school organizers, first charter school legislation, charter school idea, charter school bill, charter school operators, charter school status, pilot school program, charter school advocates, several charter schools, charter school proposal, charter public schools, strong charter laws, charter proponents, charter school laws, most charter schools, innovative public schools, charter school movement, many charter schools, start charter schools, charter school teachers, new role for unions, charter movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
City Academy, New Country School, Academy Charter School, Bowling Green, New Jersey, University of Minnesota, Jefferson County, O'Farrell Community School, Rhode Island, San Diego, Los Angeles, Citizens League, New Visions School, President Clinton, African American, East Harlem, National Education Association, Senator Reichgott, Advanced Placement, Effect of Charter School Legislation, Governor Perpich, New York City, Secretary of Education Richard Riley New!
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You will find one charter school in a former grocery store, another in a low-income housing project, another in former post office, and yet another in a former VFW post. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
charter school concept, existing charter schools, charter school proponents, charter school organizers, first charter school legislation, charter school idea, charter school bill, charter school operators, charter school status, pilot school program, charter school advocates, several charter schools, charter school proposal, charter public schools, strong charter laws, charter proponents, charter school laws, most charter schools, innovative public schools, charter school movement, many charter schools, start charter schools, charter school teachers, new role for unions, charter movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
City Academy, New Country School, Academy Charter School, Bowling Green, New Jersey, University of Minnesota, Jefferson County, O'Farrell Community School, Rhode Island, San Diego, Los Angeles, Citizens League, New Visions School, President Clinton, African American, East Harlem, National Education Association, Senator Reichgott, Advanced Placement, Effect of Charter School Legislation, Governor Perpich, New York City, Secretary of Education Richard Riley New!
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- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison on page 178, and Back Matter
- Free to Teach: Achieving Equity and Excellence in Schools by Joe Nathan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare on page 52
- Education Reform (Library in a Book) by Ian C. Friedman in Back Matter
- Choice in Education: Potential and Problems (Series on Contemporary Educational Issues) by William Lowe Boyd in Back Matter
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- Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education. by Chester E. Finn on page 174, and page 209
- The School Choice Hoax: Fixing America's Schools by Ronald G. Corwin on page 69, and Back Matter
- The Virgin of El Barrio: Marian Apparitions, Catholic Evangelizing, and Mexican American Activism (Qualitative Studies in Religion) by Kristy Nabhan-Warren in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Banishing Bureaucracy: The Five Strategies for Reinventing Government by David Osborne in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Jossey-Bass Reader on School Reform (Jossey-Bass Education Series) by Jossey-Bass Publishers on page 335, and Back Matter
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