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9781578861668

Adventures of Charter School Creators Leading from the Ground Up

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  • ISBN13:

    9781578861668

  • ISBN10:

    1578861667

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-10-07
  • Publisher: R&L Education

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Summary

Takes the reader inside the world of individual educational entrepreneurs who have created charter schools from scratch and lived to tell about it.

Author Biography

Guilbert C. Hentschke is the Cooper Chair in Education at USC's Rossier School of Education.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
PART I A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
New Issues in an Old Industry
3(17)
Muddling through Enduring Issues
20(15)
PART II A WORM'S-EYE VIEW
Guarding the Mission
35(18)
Growing Grass Roots
53(8)
New Kid on the Block
61(26)
A Company School
87(14)
Clawing Your Way
101(9)
A Fast Track in Harlem
110(18)
A District School
128(15)
Building on the Dream
143(21)
The Phoenix
164(16)
Planting Life Practices
180(18)
Owning Wobegon
198(9)
No Cats
207(10)
Darkness before Dawn
217(20)
PART III A FUTURE VIEW
A Call for Leaders of New Jobs
237(20)
References 257(8)
Index 265(4)
About the Authors and Contributors 269

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