Charter schools : lessons in school reform /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brouillette, Liane, 1947-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
Series:Topics in educational leadership.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Charter schools : redefining a social contract?
  • The "prehistory" of charter schools
  • Pioneering change : the experiences of three Colorado charter schools
  • Politics versus the best of intentions : a case study of a school-university collaboration
  • Beating the odds in the inner city : Wesley Elementary becomes a charter school
  • Understanding the complexities of success in the making of a new setting : case study of the University of Houston Charter School of Technology
  • Behind the rhetoric : the agony, the ecstasy of being first
  • Building a theoretical framework : commonalities and contrasts
  • Beyond economics and politics : charter schools as mediating institutions.