Charter schools : a reference handbook
ISBN: 9781576073742
Platform/Publisher: EBSCO eBooks / ABC-CLIO
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: limited; Download: limited
Subjects: EDUCATION / Administration / General;

Our schools, ourselves. Nothing stirs up debate like education. Contemporary Education Issues, a new series from ABC-CLIO, cuts through the rhetoric with comprehensive, accessible, and jargon-free titles on the state of the American education system. From special ed to the assessment debate, the series brings together the experts, the facts, the analyses, the answers.
-- Overviews of the history and current state of the debate
-- Chronology of events, legislation, and turning points, allowing users to track the development of educational ideas and practices
-- Interviews with practitioners who are driving the changes in today's classrooms and working to meet the ever-growing expecttions of parents and the marketplace
-- A directory of organizations and government agencies
-- Annotated bibliography and guide to print and nonprint resources
-- Glossary of key terms
-- IndexA timely work that examines this unusual experiment and the controversies that surround public choice and charter schools as a means of educational reform.


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