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Charter Schools : From Reform Imagery to Reform Reality /

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This book begins with the claims of policymakers and explores charter schools at each stage of the policymaking process, from legislation to implementation. Powers carefully and thoroughly examines how features of schools' policy contexts shape the ways that charter school reform unfolds at sch...

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Main Author: Powers, Jeanne M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Palgrave studies in urban education.
Subjects:
Education.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Educational Philosophy.
Educational Policy and Politics.
History of Education.
Education and state.
Education > History.
Education > Philosophy.
School management and organization.
ducation and state.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book begins with the claims of policymakers and explores charter schools at each stage of the policymaking process, from legislation to implementation. Powers carefully and thoroughly examines how features of schools' policy contexts shape the ways that charter school reform unfolds at schools, providing a nuanced portrait of the schools participating in this much discussed and little understood reform movement. While policymakers are often prone to making sweeping claims about the efficacy of charter schools, in practice charter school reform is much more complex. By drawing on an extensive and compelling range of data, Powers assesses the validity of policymakers claims.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (260 pages)
ISBN:9780230622111
DOI:10.1057/9780230622111