Proud to Be Different - Ethnocentric Niche Charter Schools in America

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? All of these questions and more will be answered in this book.

List of contents

Introduction
The Growth of Ethnocentric Charter Schools
Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan

Chapter One
Kua O Ka L¿: A Hawaiian Culturally-Focused Charter School
Nina K. Buchanan, Robert A. Fox,
Susan L. Osborne and C. Puanani Wilhelm

Chapter Two
Restoring Native American Culture and Language through Public Education
Mark Blitz

Chapter Three
A Model for Educating African-American Students
Tanikiaa Orange and Sharroky Hollie

Chapter Four
A Case Study of Helenic Classical Charter School
Charisse Gulosino

Chapter Five
Immigrant Advantage: What Makes Does Science Academy Fly?
Robert Maranto, Kaan Camuz and John Franklin

Chapter Six
A Somali School in Minneapolis
Letitia E. Basford and Heather Megarry Traeger

Chapter Seven
A New Approach to Educating Latino English Language Learners
Brenda Martinez and Mark Blitz

Chapter Eight
Ethnocentric Niche Charter Schools: A View Through Legal and Policy Lenses
Suzanne E. Eckes and Kari A. M. Carr

About the author

Edited by Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan

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? All of these questions and more will be answered in this book.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Buchanan Fox
• Assisted by: Nina K. Buchanan (Editor), Buchanan Nina K. (Editor), Robert A. Fox (Editor), Fox Robert A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9781475806205
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-0620-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Multicultural education, Primary and middle schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, charter schools