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Title Charter schools [electronic resource] / Diane Andrews Henningfeld, book editor.

Imprint Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008.

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 Axe Gale Electronic Resource  Electronic Resource    ---  Available
Series At issue. Education
At issue. Education.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-145) and index.
Contents Charter schools: an overview / Education Week Research Center -- Charter schools threaten the public education system / New York State PTA -- Charter schools do not threaten the public education system / James Forman, Jr. -- Charter school competition improves the public education system / George M. Holmes, Jeff Desimone, Nicholas G. Rupp -- Charter schools do not address the problems of public education / Lisa Swinehart -- Charter schools must be publicly regulated / Ann Allen and Dwan Robinson -- Regulations on charter schools should be reduced / Paul T. Hill -- Charter schools and traditional public schools should receive equal funding / Heather R. Ngoma -- Charter and public schools should not receive equal funding / F. Howard Nelson, Edward Muir, and Rachel Drown -- Student achievement is greater in charter schools / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Student achievement is not greater in charter schools / Joydeep Roy and Lawrence Mishel -- Charter schools help close the achievement gap / the Education Innovator -- Charter schools do not address the achievement gap / Ron Zimmer and Richard Buddin -- Charter schools hold hope for the future / Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Gregg Vanourek -- The charter movement is a broken promise / New York State United Teachers.
Access Access limited to licensed institutions.
Subject Charter schools -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Charter schools -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Henningfeld, Diane Andrews.
ISBN 9780737739145 (hardcover)
0737739142 (hardcover)
9780737739152 (pbk.)
0737739150 (pbk.)

 
    
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