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Expect Miracles - Charter Schools and the Politics of Hope and Despair

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Peter W. Cookson Jr Klappentext This book provides a summary and critique of the charter school movement. It explodes the myth that the charter schools operating in an educational 'marketplace' will recast public education to better serve America's children and promote democratic civic values. Zusammenfassung This book provides a summary and critique of the charter school movement. It explodes the myth that the charter schools operating in an educational 'marketplace' will recast public education to better serve America's children and promote democratic civic values. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: Faith Versus Reason in Educational Reform -- The Landscape of Charter Schools -- The Educational and Social Context of the Charter School Movement -- How Charter Schools Work -- Turning Dreams into Reality: Building a Charter School -- The Many Faces of Charter Schools: Six States, Six Scenarios -- Projections Versus Actuals: Have Charter Schools Fulfilled the Promise? -- Conclusion -- The Social and Political Geology of Charter Schools -- POSTSCRIPT: The Goodness of America— An Education for Democracy -- Appendix

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