Charters "Yes!" Vouchers "No!" Parental Choice and Excellence

Autor/in	Nathan, Joe
Titel	Charters "Yes!" Vouchers "No!" Parental Choice and Excellence
Quelle	In: Educational Horizons, 83 (2005) 2, S.110-124 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-175X
Schlagwörter	Parochial Schools; Educational Vouchers; Educational Research; Educational Improvement; Charter Schools; School Choice; Educational History; Public Schools; Politics of Education; Accountability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konfessionsschule; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Verantwortung
Abstract	Why did our former president and the late progressive U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone support the charter public school approach, while rejecting public funds for private or parochial schools? Why has civil rights legend Rosa Parks been a strong charter supporter? Why has the number of states with some form of charter law grown from one in 1992 to forty-one today, and the number of charter schools from one to more than 3,000? This essay attempts to help answer those questions. It includes two sections. The first offers a brief explanation of the charter idea and shows how it is different from the voucher idea. The second describes some of the experience and research that help define the charter movement, including some that the American Federation of Teachers has attempted to promote in furtherance of its goal of blocking or blunting the movement. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10