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Charter Schools: Hope or Hype?
Jack Buckley
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Description for Charter Schools: Hope or Hype?
Paperback. Examining school data going back more than a decade, this book measures how charter schools perform compared to traditional public schools. It argues that while charter schools may meet the most basic test of sound public policy, the evidence suggests they all too often fall short of advocates' claims. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 halftones. 22 line illus. 45 tables. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Over the past several years, privately run, publicly funded charter schools have been sold to the American public as an education alternative promising better student achievement, greater parent satisfaction, and more vibrant school communities. But are charter schools delivering on their promise? Or are they just hype as critics contend, a costly experiment that is bleeding tax dollars from public schools? In this book, Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider tackle these questions about one of the thorniest policy reforms in the nation today. Using an exceptionally rigorous research approach, the authors investigate charter schools in Washington, D.C., carefully examining school ... Read more
Over the past several years, privately run, publicly funded charter schools have been sold to the American public as an education alternative promising better student achievement, greater parent satisfaction, and more vibrant school communities. But are charter schools delivering on their promise? Or are they just hype as critics contend, a costly experiment that is bleeding tax dollars from public schools? In this book, Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider tackle these questions about one of the thorniest policy reforms in the nation today. Using an exceptionally rigorous research approach, the authors investigate charter schools in Washington, D.C., carefully examining school ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691143194
SKU
V9780691143194
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About Jack Buckley
Jack Buckley is associate professor of applied statistics at New York University. Mark Schneider is vice president for new educational initiatives at the American Institutes for Research and a distinguished professor of political science at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Reviews for Charter Schools: Hope or Hype?
"It is difficult to find a book or study of charter schools these days that does not take sides in the raging argument over whether charter schools are the salvation or the scourge of our nation's schools. But Buckley and Schneider have pulled it off. Their book ... is a useful indicator of what is going on with charters nationwide."
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