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Based on their own in-depth study of 17 diverse charter schools in California and other recent studies from around the country, the authors explore how the lais
Handbook of Research on School Choice
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Authors: Mark Berends
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-07 - Publisher: Routledge

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Since the early 1990s when the nation’s first charter school was opened in Minneapolis, the scope and availability of school-based options to parents has stea
Charter Schools
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Pages: 358
Authors: Jack Buckley
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-13 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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The Emancipatory Promise of Charter Schools
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This book opens up a critical conversation among progressive educators of various generations, races, perspectives, and social locations concerning one specific
The Charter School Experiment
Language: en
Pages: 408
Authors: Christopher A. Lubienski
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-01 - Publisher: Harvard Education Press

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When charter schools first arrived on the American educational scene, few observers suspected that within two decades thousands of these schools would be establ