Investigates the question of whether charter schools cultivate different teaching climates from those found in traditional public schools. To answer this question, Zachary W. Oberfield examined hundreds of thousands of teacher surveys from across the US. The result is a trenchant analysis that deepens our understanding of what the charter experiment means for the future of US public education.

Investigates the question of whether charter schools cultivate different teaching climates from those found in traditional public schools. To answer this question, Zachary W. Oberfield examined hundreds of thousands of teacher surveys from across the US. The result is a trenchant analysis that deepens our understanding of what the charter experiment means for the future of US public education.

Investigates how parents, communities, teachers, unions, and students are mobilizing to oppose market-based reforms in education. Drawing on a series of rich case studies, the book illustrates how disparate groups can forge new alliances to work together toward common goals.

Investigates how parents, communities, teachers, unions, and students are mobilizing to oppose market-based reforms in education. Drawing on a series of rich case studies, the book illustrates how disparate groups can forge new alliances to work together toward common goals.

In Striving in Common, Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara S. Finnigan seek to build a bridge between two largely disparate, yet interconnected, conversations--those among education reformers on the one hand, and urban reformers on the other.

In Striving in Common, Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara S. Finnigan seek to build a bridge between two largely disparate, yet interconnected, conversations--those among education reformers on the one hand, and urban reformers on the other.