The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement

by Lawrence Mishel and Martin Carnoy

In the heated debate over charter schools, advocates insist charters are a beneficial alternative that especially helps economically disadvantaged students, while critics doubt these touted achievements. This new book, co-published by the Economic Policy Institute and Teachers College Press, sheds much-needed light on the effectiveness of charter schools by analyzing current research and data to show how they perform compared to regular public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807746150
• ISBN13: 9780807746158
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"