| Description |
xiii, 285 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction, Growing charter schools, decentering the state ; Public square, big or small? : charter schools in political context / Bruce Fuller -- We hold on to our kids, we hold them tight : tandem charters in Michigan / Patty Yancey -- Empowering spirit is not enough : a Latino charter school struggles over leadership / Edward Wexler and Luis A. Huerto -- Selling air : New England parents spark a new revolution / Kate Zernike -- Diversity and inequality : Montera Charter High School / Amy Stuart Wells, Jennifer Jellison Holme, and Ash Vasudeva -- Losing public accountability : a home schooling charter / Luis A. Huerta -- Teachers as communitarians : a charter school cooperative in Minnesota / Eric Rofes -- Breaking away or pulling together? : making decentralization work / Bruce Fuller. |
| Subject |
Charter schools -- United States.
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Schools -- Decentralization -- United States.
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Education and state -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Fuller, Bruce.
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| ISBN |
067400325X alkaline paper |
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