Charter schools : hope or hype? /
Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.
- xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-334) and index.
List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- ch. 1. Introduction -- evolution of charter-school choice in the District of Columbia -- panel study -- Are charter-school students harder to educate than those in the traditional public schools? -- Shopping for schools on the Internet using DCSchoolSearch.com -- What do parents want from schools? : it depends on how you ask -- School choice and the importance of parental information -- How do parents access and process information about schools? -- Satisfaction with schools -- Will you still love me tomorrow? : parental satisfaction over time -- Building social capital in the nation's capital : can school choice build a foundation for cooperative behavior? -- Do charter schools promote citizenship among students? -- Charter schools : hype or hope? -- Notes -- References -- Index. ch. 2. The ch. 3. The ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13.