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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780229703321

Autore

Hill Paul T (Paul Thomas), <1943->

Titolo

Charter schools and accountability in public education [[electronic resource] /] / Paul T. Hill and Robin J. Lake with Mary Beth Celio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8157-9858-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LakeRobin J

CelioMary Beth

Disciplina

371.01

Soggetti

Charter schools - United States - Evaluation

Educational accountability - United States

Education - Standards - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Charter schools and accountability -- Charter laws and politics -- Internal accountability -- Authorizing agencies -- Accountability to others -- Recommendations -- Learning from charter school accountability.

Sommario/riassunto

Charter schools are among the most debated and least understood phenomena in American education today. At the heart of these matters is a contested question of accountability. To survive, charter schools must make and keep promises about what students will experience and learn under their purview. However, unlike public schools, charter schools do not rely exclusively on their relationship with school districts. They must also look to parents, teachers, and donors to cooperatively establish expectations of a particular school and its mission. Aimed toward elected officials, school reform activ



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779296103321

Autore

Kort Wesley A

Titolo

Textual intimacy [[electronic resource] ] : autobiography and religious identities / / Wesley A. Kort

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-67819-4

9786613655127

0-8139-3278-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Studies in religion and culture

Disciplina

810.9/382

Soggetti

Autobiography - Religious aspects

Spiritual journals - Authorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Telling you who I am -- Narrative and self-accounts -- Disclosing a religious identity -- Religious debtors -- Religious dwellers -- Religious diviners -- Moving out: grounding a religious identity -- On my own: taking on a religious identity -- Looking ahead: religious identity as being received.