Charter schools
Subtitle: lessons in school reform
By: Liane Brouillette
Contributors: NetLibrary, Inc
Series: Topics in educational leadership
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Educational change; Charter schools
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Electronic data. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2002.

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Table of contents: title: Charter schools : redefining a social contract?; title: The "prehistory" of charter schools; title: Pioneering change : the experiences of three Colorado charter schools; title: Politics versus the best of intentions : a case study of a school-university collaboration; title: Beating the odds in the inner city : Wesley Elementary becomes a charter school; title: Understanding the complexities of success in the making of a new setting : case study of the University of Houston Charter School of Technology; title: Behind the rhetoric : the agony, the ecstasy of being first; title: Building a theoretical framework : commonalities and contrasts; title: Beyond economics and politics : charter schools as mediating institutions.