Charter school report card / Shawgi Tell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tell, Shawgi, author.

Series:

Critical constructions.

Critical constructions: studies on education and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charter schools--United States.

Charter schools.

Charter schools--United States--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is a charter school? Where do they come from? Who promotes them, and why? What are they supposed to do? Are they the silver bullet to the ills plaguing the American public education system? This book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview and analysis of charter schools and their many dimensions. It shows that charter schools as a whole lower the quality of education through the privatization and marketization of education. The final chapter provides readers with a way toward rethinking and remaking education in a way that is consistent with modern requirements. Society and its members need a fully funded high quality public education system open to all and controlled by a public authority.

Contents:

Introduction / Shawgi Tell

Chapter 1. Information versus disinformation / Shawgi Tell

Chapter 2. Charter school definitions, facts, figures, and trends / Shawgi Tell

Chapter 3. Political, economic, and historical context of charter schools / Shawgi Tell

Chapter 4. Origin and evolution of the charter school concept / Shawgi Tell

Chapter 5. Examining the failure of a prominent new york state charter school: 1999-2010 / Richard Ognibene

Chapter 6. The way forward / Shawgi Tell

References

About the author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-68123-297-9