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Waiting for Their Chance: A Closer Look at Wait Lists in Urban Public Charter Schools [PDF]
, 2015 Public charter schools are finally giving parents an alternative to the low-performing school systems in the nation's biggest cities. Unfortunately, in communities with few high-quality public school options, the demand for charter schools is ...
Nora Kern, Susan Pendergrass
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Texas charter school legislation and the evolution of open-enrollment charter schools.
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2005 This article chronicles the evolution of legislation for Texas open-enrollment charter schools to their implementation by demonstrating how these schools have (or have not) used their freedom from state-mandated requirements to develop innovative ...
Carrie Y. Barron Ausbrooks +2 more
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Board briefs (Arizona. State Board for Charter Schools)
, 2002 Welcome to the first issue of Board Briefs, a publication of the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools. The purpose of this brief is to provide accurate, timely information to the charter community, the legislature, and to the general public on the ...
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Partnerships and Charter Schools: Contrasts in Canadian Reform
Encounters in Theory and History of Education, 2008 This paper draws on European views of partnerships that stress policy implications for change rather than financial contributions to an existing system.
Samuel Mitchell
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Explaining Charter School Effectiveness [PDF]
Estimates using admissions lotteries suggest that urban charter schools boost student achievement, while charter schools in other settings do not. We explore student-level and school-level explanations for these differences using a large sample of ...
Parag A. Pathak +2 more
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A Narrative Inquiry of Charter School Social Work and the “No Excuses” Behavior Model
Columbia Social Work Review, 2016 Neoliberal education reform has resulted in a growing number of charter schools across the country, many of which are concentrated in low-income communities of color (Kahlenberg & Potter, 2014). Charter schools serving these demographics often practice a
Allison Balogh
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Charter School Quality and Parental Decision Making With School Choice [PDF]
Charter schools have become a very popular instrument for reforming public schools, because they expand choices, facilitate local innovation, and provide incentives for the regular public schools while remaining under public control.
Eric A. Hanushek +3 more
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A Phenomenological Narrative Study: Elementary Charter Principals' Role as an Instructional Leader
School Leadership Review, 2015 The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) (2013) defined charter schools on the company website as "independent public schools allowed freedom to be more innovative, while being held accountable for improved student achievement" (p.
Ahmet F. Cetinkaya
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Charter Schools in New York City: Who Enrolls and How They Affect Their Students' Achievement [PDF]
We analyze all but a few of the 47 charter schools operating in New York City in 2005-06. The schools tend locate in disadvantaged neighborhoods and serve students who are substantially poorer than the average public school student in New York City.
Caroline M. Hoxby, Sonali Murarka
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Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2001 Charter schools involve a trading of autonomy for accountability. This accountability comes through two forces—markets through the choices of parents and students, and accountability to government through the writing of contracts that must be renewed for
Katrina Bulkley
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