Charter Schools: Another Flawed Educational Reform?

by Seymour B. Sarason

Book Overview

The majority of states have charter school legislation, but too many charter schools could fail unless school reformers consider the pitfalls in creating new settings. This text provides a conceptual... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807737844
• ISBN13: 9780807737842
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 115 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Charter Schools

Don't be fooled by the title. Seymour Bernard Sarason discusses charter schools as an important educational reform movement without the positive or negative rhetoric that often surrounds the topic. This is my favorite reference book about charter schools. I frequently suggest it as required reading for charter school developers and school district authorizers, and for parents exploring charter schooling for their children. Sarason spells out his predictable problems for the prehistory and first three years of a charter school as a new setting. One of his premises is that stakeholders are better prepared to work through challenges associated with starting a charter by being aware of the internal and societal forces at work in a new setting. Sarason urges charter developers to contemporaneously document their strategies, successes, and failures for the benefit of all students and teachers in charter schools as well as traditional public schools.