Charter Schools and the Corporate Makeover of Public Education: What's at Stake?

Autor/inn/en	Fabricant, Michael; Fine, Michelle
Titel	Charter Schools and the Corporate Makeover of Public Education: What's at Stake?
Quelle	(2012), (168 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-8077-5285-1
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Charter Schools; Economically Disadvantaged; School Districts; Urban Areas; Public Education; Corporations; Commercialization; School Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Outcomes of Education; Educational Change; Educational History; Politics of Education; Policy Analysis; Economics; Comparative Analysis; Urban Schools; Low Income Groups; Financial Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Charter school; Charter-Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Urban area; Stadtregion; Öffentliche Erziehung; Unternehmen; Schuleffizienz; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Bildungsreform; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational policy; Politikfeldanalyse; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadt; Schule; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik
Abstract	This book will reset the discourse on charter schooling by systematically exploring the gap between the promise and the performance of charter schools. The authors do not defend the public school system, which for decades has failed primarily poor children of color. Instead, they use empirical evidence to determine whether charter schooling offers an authentic alternative for these children. In concise chapters, they address a series of important questions related to the recent ascent of charter schools and the radical restructuring of public education. This essential introduction includes a detailed history of the charter movement, an analysis of the politics and economics driving the movement, documentation of actual student outcomes, and alternative images of transforming public education to serve all children. This book features: (1) An overview of the key issues surrounding the charter school movement; (2) A reframing of the recent discourse on public school reform; (3) A comprehensive comparison examining the promises of charter schooling against the empirical evidence; (4) An examination of how charter schools impact communities of color and larger public school systems in poor urban areas; and (5) An exploration of the relationships among the rapid ascendance of charter reform, economic decline, and fiscal austerity. [Foreword by Deborah Meier.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Teachers College Press. 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 800-575-6566; Fax: 802-864-7626; e-mail: tcp.orders@aidcvt.com; Web site: http://www.tcpress.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10