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School choice in the real world : lessons from Arizona charter schools

Author: Robert Maranto; et al
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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School choice in the real world.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c1999
(OCoLC)682391069
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Maranto; et al
ISBN: 0813366003 9780813366005
OCLC Number: 41299190
Description: xiv, 271 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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.]
Responsibility: edited by Robert Maranto ... [et al.].
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