Serving Our Children : Charter Schools and the Reform of American Public Education

by Chavous, Kevin P.

• ISBN13: 9781933102023
• ISBN10: 1933102020
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-15
• Publisher: Intl Pub Marketing

Summary

Public education is failing America's children, especially those in poor urban areas. Washington, D.C. Council member Kevin Chavous has long been an outspoken advocate for educational reform through the charter school movement. In his book "Serving Our Children," Chavous explores what his city has learned from the charter school experience and what it means to American public education as a whole. Chavous shows how charter schools can serve as models for national public education reform across the country. He describes how greater flexibility and autonomy allow these schools to better serve the needs of students and their families.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
CHAPTER 1 The Last Civil Rights Challenge	5	(9)
CHAPTER 2 Education in the Nation's Capital	14	(12)
CHAPTER 3 Using the Community as the Hub	26	(7)
CHAPTER 4 Problems in Public Education	33	(38)
CHAPTER 5 The Politics of Education	71	(6)
CHAPTER 6 Innovation by Charter	77	(13)
CHAPTER 7 Six Exceptional D.C. Charter Schools	90	(41)
CHAPTER 8 Charters and Challenges	131	(8)
CHAPTER 9 Revolution and Education	139	(14)
CHAPTER 10 Hope for the Future	153	(4)
APPENDIX Washington, D.C. Public Charter Schools	157	(2)
Notes	159	(12)
References	171	(2)
Acknowledgments	173	(4)
Index	177