Finn / Manno / Vanourek Charter Schools in Action

Renewing Public Education
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2341-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Chester E. Finn, Jr. is President of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and John M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. As a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, he directed the 'Charter Schools in Action' project. From 1985 to 1988, he served as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education. Finn is the author or editor of hundreds of articles and a dozen books on education issues, including The Educated Child: A Parent's Guide, which he coauthored with William J. Bennett and John T.E. Cribb, Jr. Bruno V. Manno is Senior Fellow in Education at the Annie E. Casey Foundation and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Policy and Planning. Gregg Vanourek, who has served as Vice President for Programs at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute, is an M.B.A. candidate at the Yale School of Management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finn, Chester E.

Manno, Bruno V.

Vanourek, Gregg

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables vii

List of Interviews and Profiles ix

Preface to the Paperback Edition xi

Introduction 3

PART I: CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ACTION

Chapter 1: What's a "Charter School"? 13

Chapter 2: Field Trips 23

Chapter 3: Where Did They Come From? 53

Chapter 4: How Are They Working? 74

Chapter 5: Trials by Fire 100

Chapter 6: The Accountability Puzzle 127

PART II: RENEWING PUBLIC EDUCATION

Chapter 7: The Case against Charter Schools: A Ten-Count Indictment 151

Chapter 8: Political Battlegrounds 169

Chapter 9: Beyond the Schoolhouse Door: Changing Systems 192

Chapter 10: Beyond the Schoolhouse Door: Building Communities 220

Chapter 11: The Great Issues 237

Chapter 12: Will Charter Schools Save Public Education? 248

Epilogue 265

Appendix: Survey Results and Methodology 269

Index 281

Über Autor(innen)

Chester E. Finn, Jr. is President of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and John M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. As a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, he directed the "Charter Schools in Action" project. From 1985 to 1988, he served as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education. Finn is the author or editor of hundreds of articles and a dozen books on education issues, including The Educated Child: A Parent's Guide, which he coauthored with William J. Bennett and John T.E. Cribb, Jr. Bruno V. Manno is Senior Fellow in Education at the Annie E. Casey Foundation and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Policy and Planning. Gregg Vanourek, who has served as Vice President for Programs at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute, is an M.B.A. candidate at the Yale School of Management.