The charter school landscape /
Sandra Vergari.
- Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2002.
- 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-308) and index.
Minnesota and the charter public school idea / Charter schools in California : a bruising campaign for public school choice / Letting a thousand flowers (and weeds) bloom : the charter story in Arizona / Michigan's charter school movement : the politics of policy design / Colorado charter schools : becoming an enduring feature of the reform landscape / Massachusetts charter school initiative : a model for public school accountability? / Wisconsin : chartering authority as educational reform / Parameters for choice : charter schools in Alberta / Texas : charter schools and the struggle for equity / Charter schools in Florida : a work in progress / Charter schools in North Carolina : confronting the challenges of rapid growth / New York : over 100 charter applications in year one / Joe Nathan -- Priscilla Wohlstetter, Noelle C. Griffin, and Derrick Chau -- Frederick M. Hess and Robert Maranto -- Michael Mintrom -- Eric Hirsch -- Paul Herdman -- Julie F. Mead -- Lynn Bosetti and Robert O'Reilly -- Lance D. Fusarelli -- Tracey Bailey, Carolyn Lavely, and Cathy Wooley-Brown -- Michelle Godard McNiff and Bryan C. Hassel -- Sandra Vergari.
0822941805 (cloth : alk. paper)
2002000266
GBA2-63952
Charter schools--Political aspects--United States.