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Charter School Experiment Expectations, Evidence, and Implications

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ISBN-10: 193474266X

ISBN-13: 9781934742662

Edition: 2010

Authors: Christopher A. Lubienski, Peter C. Weitzel, Jeffrey R. Henig

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When charter schools first arrived on the American educational scene, few observers suspected that within two decades thousands of these schools would be established, serving almost a million and a half children across forty states. The widespread popularity of these schools, and of the charter movement itself, speaks to the unique and chronic desire for substantive change in American education. As an innovation in governance, the ultimate goal of the charter movement is to improve learning opportunities for all students--not only those who attend charter schools but also students in public schools that are affected by competition from charters. In The Charter School Experiment, a select…    
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Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Harvard Education Publishing Group (HEPG)
Publication date: 9/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Clare Virginia Eby is professor of English at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of Dreiser and Veblen: Saboteurs of the Status Quo and an editor of The Cambridge History of the American Novel.Christopher A. Lubienski is professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is coeditor of The Charter School Experiment: Expectations, Evidence, and Implications and School Choice Policies and Outcomes: Empirical and Philosophical Perspectives. 

Peter C. Weitzel is an advanced doctoral student in educational organization and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.