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Choices and Challenges
Wohlstetter, Priscilla; Smith, Joanna (University Of Leeds, Uk); Farrell, Caitlin C
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Description for Choices and Challenges
With fewer than thirty years of history, charter school research is limited and, by most accounts, contradictory. This book discusses these contradictions and various ways charter school leaders and administrators can ensure their schools are successful. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard Educational Publishing Group United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9781612505411
SKU
V9781612505411
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Ref
99-3
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