The Great School Debate: Choice, Vouchers, and Charters

by Good, Thomas L.; Braden, Jennifer S.

• ISBN13: 9780805835519
• ISBN10: 0805835512
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This book will present a comprehensive examination of the latest school reform effort, the charter school movement. For anyone seriously interested in school reform & the charter school movement, including teachers, principals, & college educ faculty.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiv
American Education: How Good Is It and Who Should Control It?	1	(26)
Crisis in Public Education: Past and Present	27	(25)
Student Performance in American Schools: An Empirical Report Card	52	(34)
The Emergence of School Vouchers and Choice in American Schools	86	(28)
In the 1990s, Government Created Charter Schools	114	(23)
Charter Schools: Effective Investment or Wasteful Experiment	137	(51)
Charter Schools: Some of the Best and Worst in American Education?	188	(37)
Dealing With Complexity and Uncertainty: Moving Schooling Forward	225	(37)
Epilogue Presidential Election 2000 and Beyond	262

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