Charter schools and the corporate makeover of public education : what's at stake? / Michael Fabricant, Michelle Fine ; foreword by Debbie Meier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fabricant, Michael.

Contributor:

Fine, Michelle

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charter schools--United States.

Charter schools.

United States.

Business and education--United States.

Business and education.

Education--Economic aspects--United States.

Education.

Education--Economic aspects.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Physical Description:

xiii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College, [2012]

Summary:

This book will reset the discourse on charter schooling by systematically exploring the gap between the promise and the performance of charter schools. The authors do not defend the public school system, which for decades has failed primarily poor children of colour. Instead, they use empirical evidence to determine whether charter schooling offers an authentic alternative for these children. In concise chapters, they adddress a series of important questions related to the recent ascent of charter schools and the radical restructuring of public education. This essential introduction includes a detailed history of the charter movement, an analysis of the politics and economics driving the movement, documentation of actual student outcomes, and alternative images of transforming public education to serve all children.

Contents:

An introduction to the landscape of charter reform

The promise: the genesis of expectation and the challenge of charter reform

The tension between promise and evidence

Interlocking power and the deregulation of public education

"Crisis": a moment for dispossession and profit

Reclaiming "public": deepening national commitments to public investment and public innovation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-141) and index.

ISBN:

9780807752852

0807752851

OCLC:

747712914