Choosing charters : better schools or more segregation? / edited by Iris C. Rotberg, Joshua L. Glazer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rotberg, Iris C., editor.

Glazer, Joshua L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charter schools--United States.

Charter schools.

United States.

Segregation in education--United States.

Segregation in education.

Education, Urban--United States.

Education, Urban.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

ix, 254 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2018]

Summary:

Do charter schools strengthen students' educational experience? What are their social costs? This volume brings together a group of premier researchers to address questions about the purposes of charter schools and the role of public policy in shaping the educational agenda. Chapter authors explore topics seldom encountered in the current charter school debate, such as the challenges faced by charter schools in guaranteeing students civil rights and other legal protections, the educational and social implications of current instructional programs designed specifically for low-income and minority students, the use of charters as school turnaround agents, and other issues that lie at the intersection of education, politics, and social pollicy. Readers across the political specturm, both supporters and critics of charter schools, can use this book to inform public policy about the ways in which charters affect diversity and inequality and the potential to devise policies that mitigate the most troublesome social cost of charter schools.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Choosing charters.

ISBN:

9780807758991

080775899X

9780807759004

0807759007

OCLC:

1020295628