Chartered Schools

Author : Jack Buckley,Mark Schneider
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 1400831857

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Charter Schools by Jack Buckley,Mark Schneider Pdf

Over the past several years, privately run, publicly funded charter schools have been sold to the American public as an education alternative promising better student achievement, greater parent satisfaction, and more vibrant school communities. But are charter schools delivering on their promise? Or are they just hype as critics contend, a costly experiment that is bleeding tax dollars from public schools? In this book, Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider tackle these questions about one of the thorniest policy reforms in the nation today. Using an exceptionally rigorous research approach, the authors investigate charter schools in Washington, D.C., carefully examining school data going back more than a decade, interpreting scores of interviews with parents, students, and teachers, and meticulously measuring how charter schools perform compared to traditional public schools. Their conclusions are sobering. Buckley and Schneider show that charter-school students are not outperforming students in traditional public schools, that the quality of charter-school education varies widely from school to school, and that parent enthusiasm for charter schools starts out strong but fades over time. And they argue that while charter schools may meet the most basic test of sound public policy--they do no harm--the evidence suggests they all too often fall short of advocates' claims. With the future of charter schools--and perhaps public education as a whole--hanging in the balance, this book supports the case for holding charter schools more accountable and brings us considerably nearer to resolving this contentious debate.

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Education
ISBN : 1541675134

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Charter Schools and Their Enemies by Thomas Sowell Pdf

In dozens of places in New York City where a charter school and a traditional public school hold classes in the same building, charter school students in those buildings have achieved "proficiency" on statewide tests several times more often than traditional public school students taking the same tests. In 2013, a fifth-grade class in a Harlem charter school scored higher on a mathematics test than any other fifth-grade class in the entire state of New York. That included, as the New York Times put it, "even their counterparts in the whitest and richest suburbs, Scarsdale and Briarcliff Manor." Nationwide, charter schools have only a fraction of the number of students who attend traditional public schools. But charter schools enrollment is growing faster, especially in low-income minority communities. From 2001 to 2016, enrollment in traditional public schools rose 1 percent, while charter school enrollment rose 571 percent. In cities across the country, with many students on waiting lists to transfer into charter schools, public school officials are blocking charter schools from using school buildings that have been vacant for years, in order to prevent those transfers from taking place. Even in states where blocking charter schools from using vacant school buildings is illegal, the laws have been evaded. In some places, vacant school buildings have been demolished, making sure no charter schools can use them. Book jacket.

Author : Eric Rofes,Lisa M. Stulberg
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791484326

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The Emancipatory Promise of Charter Schools by Eric Rofes,Lisa M. Stulberg Pdf

Offers a broad, multidisciplinary, and progressive look at school choice.

Author : Cornelia M. Ashby
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781437943795

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Charter Schools by Cornelia M. Ashby Pdf

Author : Steve P. Jefferson
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781581122183

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Charter Schools by Steve P. Jefferson Pdf

The purpose of this book was to describe the variables that contributed to the establishment of a charter school in an urban Arizona and rural California school district, noting the similarities and dissimilarities and disclosing the factors used to justify implementation of the Montessori theory of education. The secondary purpose of this book was to describe the guidelines for maintaining a charter school, the evaluation methods and factors used in the school's unique experience with staff development. The two schools experienced many similarities when the same variables were applied to both schools. As a result, the stakeholders of both schools used the principles of the organizational theory area of empowerment to implement choices in curriculum. This book provides an insight for parents, teachers, and community leaders to develop strategies by utilizing the same principles to meet the educational needs of children.

Author : Bruce Fuller
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780674037427

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Inside Charter Schools by Bruce Fuller Pdf

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.

Author : Chester E. Finn, Jr.,Bruno V. Manno,Gregg Vanourek
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781400823413

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Charter Schools in Action by Chester E. Finn, Jr.,Bruno V. Manno,Gregg Vanourek Pdf

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.

Author : Michael Manley-Casimir,Kristen Manley-Casimir
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781442698826

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The Courts, the Charter, and the Schools by Michael Manley-Casimir,Kristen Manley-Casimir Pdf

The adoption of the Canadian Constitution Act in 1982, with its embedded Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ushered in an era of unprecedented judicial influence on Canada's public policy. The Courts, the Charter, and the Schools examines how the Constitution Act has affected educational policy during the first twenty-five years of the Charter by analyzing landmark rulings handed down from appellate courts and the Supreme Court. The contributors consider the influence that Charter cases have had on educational policies and practices by discussing cases involving fundamental freedoms, legal rights, equality rights, and minority language rights. Demonstrating why and how the Charter was invoked, interpreted, and applied in each of these cases, this volume also highlights the resulting consequences for Canada's public schools. An illuminating collection of essays by prominent legal scholars and educational commentators, The Courts, the Charter, and the Schools is a significant contribution to the study of educational law and policy in Canada.

Author : Katrina E. Bulkley,Priscilla Wohlstetter
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807743935

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Taking Account of Charter Schools by Katrina E. Bulkley,Priscilla Wohlstetter Pdf

Featuring contributions from today's top scholars in the field of charter school research, this comprehensive volume offers a set of new empirical studies that explore the impact these schools have on teachers, students, educational practices, and school governance. The authors grapple with the effects and challenges of charter school autonomy across a range of areas, from student achievement to special education, staffing patterns to classroom practices, and innovation to equity.

Author : Eric Rofes,Lisa M. Stulberg
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0791462358

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The Emancipatory Promise of Charter Schools by Eric Rofes,Lisa M. Stulberg Pdf

Offers a broad, multidisciplinary, and progressive look at school choice.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1670 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Washington (D.C.)
ISBN : LOC:00092835297

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District of Columbia Appropriations for 2002: Schools (including public charter schools) ... Budget for FY 2002 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia Appropriations Pdf

Author : Shawgi Tell
Publisher : IAP
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781681232973

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Charter School Report Card by Shawgi Tell Pdf

What is a charter school? Where do they come from? Who promotes them, and why? What are they supposed to do? Are they the silver bullet to the ills plaguing the American public education system? This book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview and analysis of charter schools and their many dimensions. It shows that charter schools as a whole lower the quality of education through the privatization and marketization of education. The final chapter provides readers with a way toward rethinking and remaking education in a way that is consistent with modern requirements. Society and its members need a fully funded high quality public education system open to all and controlled by a public authority.

Author : Christine Rienstra Kiracofe,Marilyn A. Hirth,Tom Hutton
Publisher : IAP
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781648028359

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Charter School Funding Considerations by Christine Rienstra Kiracofe,Marilyn A. Hirth,Tom Hutton Pdf

Much has been written about how public schools in the United States are funded. However, missing in the current literature landscape is a nuanced discussion of funding as it relates to public charter schools. This text, authored by researchers and professionals working in the charter school world, provides readers with a comprehensive overview of issues related to the funding and operation of charter schools. The book opens with an introduction to charter schools and how they are funded. The financial management and oversight of charter schools and issues related to funding equity, including how charter schools impact district school finances, are addressed. Special considerations for charter schools related to serving special education students and transportation issues are also addressed. After reading this book, readers will have a thorough understanding of how charter schools are funded and managed financially.

Author : Mark Berends,Matthew G. Springer,Herbert J. Walberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351572200

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Charter School Outcomes by Mark Berends,Matthew G. Springer,Herbert J. Walberg Pdf

Sponsored by the National Center on School Choice, a research consortium headed by Vanderbilt University, this volume examines the growth and outcomes of the charter school movement. Starting in 1992-93 when the nation’s first charter school was opened in Minneapolis, the movement has now spread to 40 states and the District of Columbia and by 2005-06 enrolled 1,040,536 students in 3,613 charter schools. The purpose of this volume is to help monitor this fast-growing movement by compiling, organizing and making available some of the most rigorous and policy-relevant research on K-12 charter schools. Key features of this important new book include: Expertise – The National Center on School Choice includes internationally known scholars from the following institutions: Harvard University, Brown University, Stanford University, Brookings Institution, National Bureau of Economic Research and Northwest Evaluation Association. Cross-Disciplinary – The volume brings together material from related disciplines and methodologies that are associated with the individual and systemic effects of charter schools. Coherent Structure – Each section begins with a lengthy introduction that summarizes the themes and major findings of that section. A summarizing chapter by Mark Schneider, the Commissioner of the National Center on Educational Statistics, concludes the book. This volume is appropriate for researchers, instructors and graduate students in education policy programs and in political science and economics, as well as in-service administrators, policy makers, and providers.

Author : Lawrence D. Weinberg
Publisher : IAP
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781607526223

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Religious Charter Schools by Lawrence D. Weinberg Pdf

This book explores the constitutionality of religion-based charter schools. The method of analysis uses hypothetical charter schools to answer legal questions. The answers are grounded in law using the latest precedent. The background material before examining charters sets forth both the legal and policy contexts of religious charters schools. The legal context includes a detailed analysis of the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution focusing on the most recent Supreme Court cases on that topic. The policy analysis examines the normative and structural dimensions of charter schools, which are then compared with voucher programs. The historical, political and educational contexts of charter programs are also examined. The book concludes that charter schools present an opportunity for parents and communities to form charter schools that will accommodate their beliefs; however, the constitution does not allow them to form schools that endorse their beliefs.