Charter schools : hope or hype? / Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691129853 (alk. paper)
  • 0691129851 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 2806.36 .B82 2007
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Contents:
List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. The evolution of charter-school choice in the District of Columbia -- ch. 3. The panel study -- ch. 4. Are charter-school students harder to educate than those in the traditional public schools? -- ch. 5. Shopping for schools on the Internet using DCSchoolSearch.com -- ch. 6. What do parents want from schools? : it depends on how you ask -- ch. 7. School choice and the importance of parental information -- ch. 8. How do parents access and process information about schools? -- ch. 9. Satisfaction with schools -- ch. 10. Will you still love me tomorrow? : parental satisfaction over time -- ch. 11. Building social capital in the nation's capital : can school choice build a foundation for cooperative behavior? -- ch. 12. Do charter schools promote citizenship among students? -- ch. 13. Charter schools : hype or hope? -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-334) and index.

List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. The evolution of charter-school choice in the District of Columbia -- ch. 3. The panel study -- ch. 4. Are charter-school students harder to educate than those in the traditional public schools? -- ch. 5. Shopping for schools on the Internet using DCSchoolSearch.com -- ch. 6. What do parents want from schools? : it depends on how you ask -- ch. 7. School choice and the importance of parental information -- ch. 8. How do parents access and process information about schools? -- ch. 9. Satisfaction with schools -- ch. 10. Will you still love me tomorrow? : parental satisfaction over time -- ch. 11. Building social capital in the nation's capital : can school choice build a foundation for cooperative behavior? -- ch. 12. Do charter schools promote citizenship among students? -- ch. 13. Charter schools : hype or hope? -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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