Expect miracles : charter schools and the politics of hope and despair /: charter schools and the politics of hope and despair. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter W. Cookson and Kristina Berger.
• Authors: Cookson, Peter W; Berger, Kristina
• Contents: Prologue: Faith Versus Reason in Educational Reform -- The Landscape of Charter Schools -- The Educational and Social Context of the Charter School Movement -- How Charter Schools Work -- Turning Dreams into Reality: Building a Charter School -- The Many Faces of Charter Schools: Six States, Six Scenarios -- Projections Versus Actuals: Have Charter Schools Fulfilled the Promise? -- Conclusion -- The Social and Political Geology of Charter Schools -- POSTSCRIPT: The Goodness of America— An Education for Democracy -- Appendix
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.01; Charter schools -- United States; Privatization in education -- United States; Charter schools -- Social aspects -- United States; Privatization in education -- Social aspects -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429980275
• Related ISBNs: 9780429969195; 9780429991356; 9780429500640
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