Charter schools
By: Diane Andrews Henningfeld, book editor.
Contributors: Henningfeld, Diane Andrews.
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737739145; 9780737739152
Subjects: Charter schools -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Charter schools: an overview / Education Week Research Center; title: Charter schools threaten the public education system / Issue Brief Charter Schools; title: Charter schools do not threaten the public education system / James Forman, Jr.; title: Charter school competition improves the public education system / George M. Holmes, Jeff Desimone, Nicholas G. Rupp; title: Charter schools do not address the problems of public education / Lisa Swinehart; title: Charter schools must be publicly regulated / Ann Allen and Dwan Robinson; title: Regulations on charter schools should be reduced / Paul T. Hill; title: Charter schools should receive funding equal to that of traditional public schools / Heather R. Ngoma; title: Charter schools should not receive funding equal to that of public schools / F. Howard Nelson, Edward Muir, and Rachel Drown; title: Student achievement is greater in charter schools / Caroline M. Hoxby; title: Student achievement is not greater in charter schools / Joydeep Roy and Lawrence Mishel; title: Charter schools help close the achievement gap / the Education Innovator; title: Charter schools do not address the achievement gap / Ron Zimmer and Richard Buddin; title: Charter schools hold hope for the future / Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Gregg Vanourek; title: The charter movement is a broken promise / New York State United Teachers.