Proud to Be Different : Ethnocentric Niche Charter Schools in America.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Robert A., Editor.

Contributor:

Buchanan, Nina K., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charter schools--United States.

Charter schools.

Education--United States.

Education.

Ethnocentrism--United States.

Ethnocentrism.

Privatization in education--United States.

Privatization in education.

Ethnic schools--United States.

Ethnic schools.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD, USA R&L Education 20140101

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a book about ethnocentric niche charter schools. What are they? When did they first appear? From where did the term come? How do they differ from regular charter schools and from district-run traditional public schools? Each subject chapter was created by a team consisting of at least one educational researcher and at least one charter school practitioner. The goal is to make the book readable for everyone (policymakers, parents, teachers, older students) while providing a framework of rigor from which to view each charter school. Hence: the teams. We took special pains to create a book which exhibits the objectivity of the educational researcher while, at the same time, inviting the reader into each school by painting a human picture of its ethos. Each chapter contains a description of the school told by people who actually taught or learned or sent their children there.

Contents:

Introduction : the growth of ethnocentric charter schools / Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan

Kua O Ka Lā : a Hawaiian culturally focused charter school / Nina K. Buchanan, Robert A. Fox, Susan Leigh Osborne, and C. Puanani Wilhelm

Restoring Native American culture and language through public education / Mark Blitz

A model for educating African American students / Tonikiaa Orange and Sharroky Hollie

A case study of Hellenic Classical Charter School / Charisse Gulosino

Immigrant advantage : what makes Dove Science Academy fly? / Robert Maranto, Kaan Camuz, and John Franklin

A Somali school in Minneapolis / Letitia F. Basford and Heather Megarry Traeger

A new approach to educating Latino English language learners / Brenda Martinez and Mark Blitz

Ethnocentric niche charter schools : a view through legal and policy lenses / Suzanne E. Eckes and Kari A.M. Carr.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

979-82-16-32561-1

1-4758-0619-1

1-4758-0621-3

OCLC:

874141274