Charter Schools
Subtitle: A Reference Handbook
Publisher: ABC-Clio Inc; ABC-CLIO
Published: November 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781576072455
Subjects: Central government policies; Independent / public schools; Educational Reform; Theory Of Education; Education; Education / Teaching; Administration - General; General; Reference; Educational Policy & Reform; Experimental Methods; Handbooks & Manuals; Charter schools; United States
Notes: CONTENTS:

The emergence of charter schools -- Who selects charter schools? -- Does everyone support charter schools? -- Defining a charter school -- Differences between charter schools and other educational reforms -- Vouchers -- Magnet schools -- Privatization of schools -- School on-site management -- The debate over educational standards and assessment -- Why charter schools? -- Educational choice -- Why educational stakeholders choose charter schools -- Parental frustration -- Teacher frustration -- Student frustration -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Curriculum and instructional approaches -- A general look at what some charter schools are doing -- Preserving Native American heritage -- Oakland Charter Academy -- A curriculum designed by children -- Alianza bilingual immersion model -- A back-to-basics charter school -- A specific look at what some charter schools are doing -- Freire Charter School -- Minnesota New Country School -- O'Farrell Community School -- Mater Center Charter School -- Pimeria Alta School -- Conclusion -- State laws that affect charter schools -- Funding and the law -- Charter school costs -- Charter school funding -- District revenues and the law -- Teacher issues and the law -- Admission policies and the law -- Autonomy and the law -- Equity and the law -- Accountability and the law -- Legal accountability of charter schools -- Understanding charter school laws in one state : Michigan -- Directions in the law -- Looking at charter laws state by state -- Starting a charter school -- Doing a situational analysis -- Assembling a core group of true believers -- Designing the plan -- Gaining approval for the charter -- After approval : opening the school -- Developing, enabling, and sustaining a learning community -- 

Historical background -- American industrialism and the factory school -- Post-World War II politics of public education -- The 1960s and the politics of education -- Conservatism, the 1980s, and the politics of public education -- School choice and the politics of the charter movement in the 1990s -- The politics of school choice -- The emergence of public choice -- Competition and public school choice -- Charter school supporters -- Opposition to public choice and the charter school movement -- The controversy over for-profit management firms -- The controversy over the segregation of schools -- Admission practices and discrimination -- Undecided educators and unanswered questions -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- Where unions and anti-union charter proponents agree -- Combating privatization -- Charter school reliance on private resources -- The privatization of school management -- Contracting out for specific services -- Union positions on charter school legislation and development -- Standards and accountability -- Accessibility to charter schools -- Teacher professionalism -- Collective bargaining and charter schools -- Teacher certification -- Local district approval of charter schools -- Public accountability and charter schools -- Transforming teachers' unions : rethinking roles and responsibilities -- Summary -- Organizations, associations, and government agencies -- Printed sources -- Union publications -- Government publications -- Private and public think tank publications -- Books and journals -- Nonprint resources -- Appendix A : comparison of state standard development and charter school requirements -- Appendix B : state testing requirements -- Appendix C : admissions policies -- Appendix D : teacher professionalism.