| Description |
vi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Charter schools and school reform : what we know and where we'll go / Robert Maranto, Myron S. Kayes and April Gresham Maranto -- 2. Book review : tinkering toward utopia : a century of public school reform / Liane Zimmy -- 3. Big city schools are not in Kansas : can we improve city schools without school choice? : not in your lifetime! / Robert Maranto -- 4. The spinning wheels of urban school reform / Frederick M. Hess -- 5. R-E-S-P-E-C-T : teacher abuse and how to end it / Robert Maranto -- 6. Smaller classes or better teachers? / Lewis C. Solmon and Kimberly Firetag Agam -- 7. Why so many Arizona certified teachers aren't in the classroom / Rebecca Gau and Louann Bierlein Palmer -- 8. Where's the alternative? : identifying, training, and certifying / Amy Ashley and Mike Kayes -- 9. Revenge of the (nerdy) professors : scholarly research on charter schools and why it matters / Robert Maranto -- 10. Personnel policy in traditional public, charter, and private schools / Michael Podgursky -- 11. Future of chartered schools - the supply side / Bryan C. Hassel -- 12. Charter school accountability issues - pragmatic or political? / Heather Zavadsky -- 13. Teacher quality leadership from public charter schools / Michael B. Poliakoff -- 14. Does mission matter? : exploring a typology of charter school orientation / Jeffrey R. Henig, Natalie Lacireno-Paquet, Thomas T. Holyoke and Heath Brown -- 15. How the best laid schemes go astray : the agony and (occasional) ecstasy of charter start-ups / Robert Maranto -- 16. Whose idea was this anyway? : the continually challenging metamorphosis from private to charter / Jim Spencer -- 17. If you build it, they will come / John Buck -- 18. Measurement : the key to charter school marketing / Brian L. Carpenter -- 19. When charter schools have a distinct advantage over districts, or show me the (grant) money / Amy Ashley and Mike Kayes -- 20. Horror stories / Robert Maranto -- 21. He said/he said : a debate about charters / Mike Kayes and Robert Maranto |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Charter schools -- United States.
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Educational change -- United States.
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School improvement programs -- United States.
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| Author |
Kayes, Myron S., 1947-
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Maranto, Robert, 1958-
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| LC no. |
2005037699 |
| ISBN |
1578864046 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1578864054 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781578864041 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781578864058 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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