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Charter Schools
J. Powers
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Description for Charter Schools
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Education. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNB; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
This book begins with the claims of policymakers and explores charter schools at each stage of the policymaking process, from legislation to implementation. Powers carefully and thoroughly examines how features of schools' policy contexts shape the ways that charter school reform unfolds at schools, providing a nuanced portrait of the schools participating in this much discussed and little understood reform movement. While policymakers are often prone to making sweeping claims about the efficacy of charter schools, in practice charter school reform is much more complex. By drawing on an extensive and compelling range of data, Powers assesses the validity of ... Read more
This book begins with the claims of policymakers and explores charter schools at each stage of the policymaking process, from legislation to implementation. Powers carefully and thoroughly examines how features of schools' policy contexts shape the ways that charter school reform unfolds at schools, providing a nuanced portrait of the schools participating in this much discussed and little understood reform movement. While policymakers are often prone to making sweeping claims about the efficacy of charter schools, in practice charter school reform is much more complex. By drawing on an extensive and compelling range of data, Powers assesses the validity of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Urban Education
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230606272
SKU
V9780230606272
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About J. Powers
Jeanne M. Powers is Assistant Professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University.
Reviews for Charter Schools
"This is a very ambitious undertaking by Powers! It will be a serious and comprehensive contribution to the knowledge base on charter schools, which is sorely needed these days." - Gary Miron, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Western Michigan University "Powers has convincingly demonstrated the necessity of examining any education reform from multiple points of view: the talk ... Read more