Charter Schools Lessons in School Reform 1st Edition by Liane Brouillette ISBN 1138874671 978-1138874671

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ISBN 10:  1138874671 

ISBN 13: 978-1138874671

Author: Liane Brouillette

This book takes the reader inside the charter school movement, answering such questions as:
*What is a charter school?
*How are charter schools different from other public schools?
*What does it take to create a charter school?
*What motivates the people who initiate such schools?
*What lessons can be learned from the experiences of those who have founded charter schools?
*What does the growth of the charter school movement mean for society at large?

Using detailed case studies of seven schools in three states, this book explores the challenges faced by the founders of these schools and develops guidelines for creating a successful school. Seymour Sarason’s work on the creation of settings is used as a basis for examining the complex human interactions that contributed to formation of a unique culture at each school, as well as to establish guidelines for setting up a successful school.

Introductory and concluding chapters place the charter school movement within a broader social and historical context. Tensions between the American tradition of local control of schools and the centralized tradition of schooling imported from Europe in the late 19th century are discussed. The gradual bureaucratization of U.S. public schools during the 20th century is described, along with problems that have been associated with the increasingly hierarchical and impersonal nature of educational institutions.

Table of contents: 

Chapter 1 S. Sarason, Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Charter Schools: Redefining a Social Contract?
Chapter 4 The “Prehistory” of Charter Schools
Chapter 5 S. Korach, Pioneering Change: The Experiences of Three Colorado Charter Schools
Chapter 6 T. Perry, Politics Versus the Best of Intentions: A Case Study of a School-University Collaboration
Chapter 7 Beating the Odds in the Inner City: Wesley Elementary Becomes a Charter School
Chapter 8 B. Korth, Understanding the Complexities of Success in the Making of a New Setting: Case Study of the University of Houston Charter School of Technology
Chapter 9 Behind the Rhetoric: The Agony, the Ecstasy of Being First
Chapter 10 Building a Theoretical Framework: Commonalities and Contrasts
Chapter 11 Beyond Economics and Politics: Charter Schools as Mediating Institutions

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