The Charter School Landscape
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The Charter School Landscape

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The Charter School Landscape

About this book

Charter schools are publicly funded entities that enjoy freedom from many of the regulations under which traditional public schools operate. There are, however, state and local variations in charter school legislation and implementation. The Charter School Landscape is the first book to analyze and compare charter school politics and policies across a broad range of jurisdictions.The first charter school opened in Minnesota in 1992. Within nine years, there were more than 2,000 charter schools operating in thirty-four states, Washington, D.C., and Alberta, Canada. Public discourse on the charter school reform is often passionate and politically motivated. Sandra Vergari has assembled a group of experts to present a more reflective and scholarly discussion of the reform, its performance to date, and its implications for public policy.Each chapter focuses on a single state or province, and systematically addresses such issues as charter school laws, the politics of policy implementation, charter school accountability, controversies and trends, and prospects for the future. In addition, the contributors emphasize significant issues specific to each state that offer lessons for analysts and policymakers everywhere. As a whole, The Charter School Landscape suggests that charter schools are having a significant impact on the institution of public education and how we think about the concept of the "real public school."

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction / Sandra Vergari
  4. Chapter 2. Minnesota and the Charter Public School Idea / Joe Nathan
  5. Chapter 3. Charter Schools in California: A Bruising Campaign for Public School Choice / Priscilla Wohlstetter, Noelle C. Griffin, and Derrick Chau
  6. Chapter 4. Letting a Thousand Flowers (and Weeds) Bloom: The Charter Story in Arizona / Frederick M. Hess and Robert Maranto
  7. Chapter 5. Michigan’s Charter School Movement: The Politics of Policy Design / Michael Mintrom
  8. Chapter 6. Colorado Charter Schools: Becoming an Enduring Feature of the Reform Landscape / Eric Hirsch
  9. Chapter 7. The Massachusetts Charter School Initiative: A Model for Public School Accountability? / Paul Herdman
  10. Chapter 8. Wisconsin: Chartering Authority as Educational Reform / Julie F. Mead
  11. Chapter 9. Parameters for Choice: Charter Schools in Alberta / Lynn Bosetti and Robert O’Reilly
  12. Chapter 10. Texas: Charter Schools and the Struggle for Equity / Lance D. Fusarelli
  13. Chapter 11. Charter Schools in Florida: A Work in Progress / Tracey Bailey, Carolyn Lavely, and Cathy Wooley-Brown
  14. Chapter 12. Charter Schools in North Carolina: Confronting the Challenges of Rapid Growth / Michelle Godard McNiff and Bryan C. Hassel
  15. Chapter 13. New York: Over 100 Charter Applications in Year One / Sandra Vergari
  16. Chapter 14. Conclusions / Sandra Vergari
  17. Notes
  18. References
  19. Contributors
  20. Index