Charter schools : lessons in school reform /

"Charter Schools: Lessons in School Reform investigates the strengths and limitations of charter schools as an approach to reform by focusing on the day-to-day reality of students, teachers, administrators, and parents involved. Detailed case studies of seven schools, in three states are includ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brouillette, Liane, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
Colección:Topics in educational leadership.
Temas:
Charter schools > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Écoles à charte > États-Unis.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Charter schools
Educational change
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Charter schools : redefining a social contract?
  • The "prehistory" of charter schools
  • Pioneering change : the experiences of three Colorado charter schools
  • Politics versus the best of intentions : a case study of a school-university collaboration
  • Beating the odds in the inner city : Wesley Elementary becomes a charter school
  • Understanding the complexities of success in the making of a new setting : case study of the University of Houston Charter School of Technology
  • Behind the rhetoric : the agony, the ecstasy of being first
  • Building a theoretical framework : commonalities and contrasts
  • Beyond economics and politics : charter schools as mediating institutions.

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