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- catalog abstract "Charter schools are the most significant educational experiment in the last two decades. In Expect miracles, Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kristina Berger focus on the current trend toward deregulation in public education. The issue of deregulation is of critical importance because the spirit of entrepreneurship that is behind deregulation is seldom examined from a sociological perspective. This book places the debate concerning the future of public education in a meaningful framework that allows the reader to ask new questions and seek genuine solutions. Using the latest research as the basis for discussion, this book provides a fresh look at the growing and politically volatile charter school movement. The authors present the most balanced analysis to date of the movement that is changing the landscape of American education.".
- catalog contributor b12261984.
- catalog contributor b12261985.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "Charter schools are the most significant educational experiment in the last two decades. In Expect miracles, Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kristina Berger focus on the current trend toward deregulation in public education. The issue of deregulation is of critical importance because the spirit of entrepreneurship that is behind deregulation is seldom examined from a sociological perspective. This book places the debate concerning the future of public education in a meaningful framework that allows the reader to ask new questions and seek genuine solutions. Using the latest research as the basis for discussion, this book provides a fresh look at the growing and politically volatile charter school movement. The authors present the most balanced analysis to date of the movement that is changing the landscape of American education.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue, faith versus reason in educational reform. Charter schools : created in the image of their founders. The charter school promise. Faith versus reason in the charter school movement -- The landscape of charter schools. The educational and social context of the charter school movement. How charter schools work. Turning dreams into reality : building a charter school. The many faces of charter schools : six states, six scenarios. Conclusion. Projections versus actuals : have charter schools fulfilled the promise -- The social and political geology of charter schools. Expediency. The rise of the educational amateur and the populist elitist. The educational mismatch. Anti-government attitudes. The rise of the right. Redefining credentialism. The closing of the social frontier. The privatization of America and the growth of the market metaphor. Class reproduction and the appearance of mobility -- Postscript, the goodness of America, an education for democracy. Curriculum as stewardship. The goodness of America -- Appendix A, New York State's charter school application.".
- catalog extent "viii, 195 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Expect miracles.".
- catalog identifier "0813366313 (hard)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Expect miracles.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, MA : Westview Press,".
- catalog relation "Expect miracles.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "371.01 21".
- catalog subject "Charter schools United States.".
- catalog subject "LB2806.36 .C68 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue, faith versus reason in educational reform. Charter schools : created in the image of their founders. The charter school promise. Faith versus reason in the charter school movement -- The landscape of charter schools. The educational and social context of the charter school movement. How charter schools work. Turning dreams into reality : building a charter school. The many faces of charter schools : six states, six scenarios. Conclusion. Projections versus actuals : have charter schools fulfilled the promise -- The social and political geology of charter schools. Expediency. The rise of the educational amateur and the populist elitist. The educational mismatch. Anti-government attitudes. The rise of the right. Redefining credentialism. The closing of the social frontier. The privatization of America and the growth of the market metaphor. Class reproduction and the appearance of mobility -- Postscript, the goodness of America, an education for democracy. Curriculum as stewardship. The goodness of America -- Appendix A, New York State's charter school application.".
- catalog title "Expect miracles : charter schools and the politics of hope and despair / Peter W. Cookson, Jr., and Kristina Berger.".
- catalog type "text".