Inside Charter Schools: The Paradox of Radical Decentralization

by Bruce Fuller

Book Overview

Deepening disaffection with conventional public schools has inspired flight to private schools, home schooling, and new alternatives, such as charter schools. Barely a decade old, the charter school movement has attracted a colorful band of supporters, from presidential candidates, to ethnic activists, to the religious Right. At present there are about 1,700 charter schools, with total enrollment estimated to reach one million early in the century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674008235
• ISBN13: 9780674008236
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.3"