Expect Miracles

by Cookson, Peter W.; Berger, Kristina

• ISBN13: 9780813366319
• ISBN10: 0813366313
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Places the debate concerning the future of public education in a meaningful framework that allows the reader to ask new questions and seek genuine solutions

Author Biography

Kristina Berger has worked in New York City's educational and nonprofit sector for more than ten years, and is currently the Director of Planning and Grants at the national office of the "I Have a Dream" Foundation in New York City. Berger holds a Masters Degree in Sociology of Education and Education Policy from Columbia University's Teachers College, and BA degrees in History and Political Science from Northwestern University. Peter W. Cookson, Jr., is senior research associate in the Department of Sociology at New York University. Caroline Hodges Persell is professor and chairperson in the Department of Sociology at New York University.

Table of Contents

Prologue; Faith Versus Reason in Educational Reform	1	(4)
Charter Schools: Created in the Image of Their Founders	5	(8)
The Charter School Promise	13	(6)
The Politics of Hope and Despair	19	(4)
Part One: The Landscape of Charter Schools	23	(90)
The Educational and Social Context of the Charter School Movement	23	(34)
How Charter Schools Work	57	(9)
Turning Dreams into Reality: Building a Charter School	66	(18)
The Many Faces of Charter Schools: Six States, Six Scenarios	84	(13)
Protections Versus Actuals: Have Charter Schools Fulfilled the Promise	97	(12)
Conclusion	109	(4)
Part Two: The Social and Political Geology of Charter Schools	113	(24)
Postscript: The Goodness of America-An Education for Democracy	137	(8)
Curriculum as Stewardship	139	(3)
The Goodness of America	142	(3)
Appendix	145	(36)
Source Notes	181	(8)
Index	189