The democratic potential of charter schools / Stacy Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Stacy, 1968-

Series:

Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 136.

Counterpoints, 1058-1634 ; v. 136

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charter schools--United States--Case studies.

Charter schools.

School choice--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

School choice.

Citizenship--Study and teaching--United States--Case studies.

Citizenship.

Educational equalization--United States--Case studies.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since Minnesota enacted the first legislation in 1991, charter school reform has swept the country. Although their stances are vastly different, both proponents and opponents of the charter movement emphasize its privatizing aspects. In this book Stacy Smith argues that the tendency to emphasize the privatizing, market-oriented aspects of charter reform is overly simplistic. Consequently, virtually all debate on the topic neglects, or at least downplays, the democratizing potentials of charter schools. She urges others interested in preserving the public nature of public education to consider such potentials as equalized and expanded choice, inclusive decision making, and localized accountability before summarily writing off charter school reform as antidemocratic.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-282 ) and index.

OCLC:

228136552