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xiv, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
pt. 1. Theoretical and national perspectives. And this parent went to market: education as public versus private good / L. Elaine Halchin. The death of one best way: charter schools as reinvesting government / Robert Maranto. Congress and charter schools / David L. Leal. Charter schools: a national innovation, an Arizona revolution / Bryan C. Hassel -- pt. 2. Social scientists look at Arizona charter schools. The wild West of education reform: Arizona charter schools / Robert Maranto and April Gresham. Why Arizona embarked on school reform (and Nevada did not) / Stephanie Timmons-Brown and Frederick Hess. Do charter schools improve district schools? Three approaches to the question / Robert Maranto ... [et al.]. Closing charters: how a good theory failed in practice / Gregg A. Garn and Robert T. Stout. Nothing new: curricula in Arizona charter schools / Robert T. Stout and Gregg A. Garn. How Arizona teachers view school reform / Frederick Hess ... [et al.] -- pt. 3. Practitioners look at Arizona charter schools. The empowerment of market-based school reform / Lisa Graham Keegan. A voice from the state legislature: don't do what Arizona did! / Mary Hartley. Public schools and the charter movement: an emerging relationship / Lee L. Hager. Whose idea was this anyway? The challenging metamorphosis from private to charter / Jim Spencer -- pt. 4. Lessons. In lieu of conclusions: tentative lessons from a contested frontier / Robert Maranto ... [et al.]
Includes bibliographical references and index.