Expect Miracles : Charter Schools And The Politics Of Hope And Despair

ISBN-13: 9780813341569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 208 str.

Jr. Peter W. Cookson; Kristina Berger

Opis

Charter schools are the most significant educational experiment in the last two decades. In Expect Miracles, Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kristina Berger focus on the current trend toward deregulation in public education. The issue of deregulation is of critical importance because the spirit of entrepreneurship that is behind deregulation is seldom examined from a sociological perspective. Using the latest research as the basis for discussion, this book provides a fresh look at the growing and politically volatile charter school movement. The authors present the most balanced analysis to date of the movement that is changing the landscape of American education.

Spis treści

Prologue: Faith Versus Reason in Educational Reform -- The Landscape of Charter Schools -- The Educational and Social Context of the Charter School Movement -- How Charter Schools Work -- Turning Dreams into Reality: Building a Charter School -- The Many Faces of Charter Schools: Six States, Six Scenarios -- Projections Versus Actuals: Have Charter Schools Fulfilled the Promise? -- Conclusion -- The Social and Political Geology of Charter Schools -- POSTSCRIPT: The Goodness of America— An Education for Democracy -- Appendix

O autorze

Peter W. Cookson Jr