
Choices and Challenges
Charter School Performance in Perspective
Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Published on 30. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-61250-541-1 (ISBN)
Description
As charter schools enter their third decade, research in this key sector remains overwhelmingly contradictory and confused. Many studies are narrowly focused; some do not meet the standards for high-quality academic research. In this definitive work, Wohlstetter and her colleagues isolate and distil the high-quality research on charter schools to identify the contextual and operational factors that influence these schools' performances.
The authors examine the track record of the charter sector in light of the wide range of goals set for these schools in state authorising legislation--at the classroom level, the level of the school community, and system-wide. In particular, they show how the evolution of the charter movement has shaped research questions and findings.
By highlighting what we know about the conditions for success in charter schools, the authors make a significant contribution to current debates in policy and practice, both within the charter sector and in the larger landscape of public education.
The authors examine the track record of the charter sector in light of the wide range of goals set for these schools in state authorising legislation--at the classroom level, the level of the school community, and system-wide. In particular, they show how the evolution of the charter movement has shaped research questions and findings.
By highlighting what we know about the conditions for success in charter schools, the authors make a significant contribution to current debates in policy and practice, both within the charter sector and in the larger landscape of public education.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61250-541-1 (9781612505411)
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Priscilla Wohlstetter | Joanna Smith | Caitlin C. Farrell
Choices and Challenges
Charter School Performance in Perspective
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03/2013
Harvard Education Press
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Persons
Priscilla Wohlstetter is distinguished research professor in the department of education policy and social analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA and a senior research fellow with the Consortium for Policy Research in Education.
Joanna Smith is an assistant research professor at USC's Rossier School of Education and assistant director of the Center on Educational Governance, USA.
Caitlin C. Farrell is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Joanna Smith is an assistant research professor at USC's Rossier School of Education and assistant director of the Center on Educational Governance, USA.
Caitlin C. Farrell is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.