簡介
"[One of] the best books on schools and schooling to cross oureditors' desks this year."
--The American School Board Journal, August 1997
Award-winning former public school educator Joe Nathan draws fromnationwide surveys, research, and visits to dozens of charterschools to address key questions about charter schools. Who startsthese schools? What kinds of students attAnd? Are charter schoolsusing ideas and techniques from which other schools can learn? Arethese schools actually helping students? Are charter schools makingan impact on the larger educational system?
目錄
Introduction: A New Choice.
INTRODUCING CHARTER SCHOOLS.
A Tour of Charter Schools.
The Birth of a Movement.
HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE CHANGING THE SYSTEM.
Breaking the District Monopoly.
A New Role for Unions.
CREATING CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Getting Started.
Building Support.
Staying in Business.
WHERE TO, WHAT NEXT.
Key Early Lessons.
Charting the Future.
