LEADER 04578nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910780903403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-45853-1 010 $a9786612458538 010 $a1-4008-3185-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400831852 035 $a(CKB)2550000000003262 035 $a(EBL)483520 035 $a(OCoLC)568104841 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335691 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11273254 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335691 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10273843 035 $a(PQKB)10907729 035 $a(OCoLC)647874773 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36454 035 $a(DE-B1597)446974 035 $a(OCoLC)979579136 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400831852 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL483520 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364764 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245853 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC483520 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000003262 100 $a20070314d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCharter schools$b[electronic resource] $ehope or hype? /$fJack Buckley and Mark Schneider 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. ;$aOxford $cPrinceton University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (358 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12985-1 311 $a0-691-14319-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tFigures -- $tTables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. The Evolution of Charter-School Choice in the District of Columbia -- $t3. The Panel Study -- $t4. Are Charter-School Students Harder to Educate than Those in the Traditional Public Schools? -- $t5. Shopping for Schools on the Internet Using DCSchoolSearch.com -- $t6. What Do Parents Want from Schools? It Depends on How You Ask -- $t7. School Choice and the Importance of Parental Information -- $t8. How Do Parents Access and Process Information about Schools? -- $t9. Satisfaction with Schools -- $t10. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Parental Satisfaction over Time -- $t11. Building Social Capital in the Nation's Capital: Can School Choice Build a Foundation for Cooperative Behavior? -- $t12. Do Charter Schools Promote Citizenship among Students? -- $t13. Charter Schools: Hype or Hope? -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aOver the past several years, privately run, publicly funded charter schools have been sold to the American public as an education alternative promising better student achievement, greater parent satisfaction, and more vibrant school communities. But are charter schools delivering on their promise? Or are they just hype as critics contend, a costly experiment that is bleeding tax dollars from public schools? In this book, Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider tackle these questions about one of the thorniest policy reforms in the nation today. Using an exceptionally rigorous research approach, the authors investigate charter schools in Washington, D.C., carefully examining school data going back more than a decade, interpreting scores of interviews with parents, students, and teachers, and meticulously measuring how charter schools perform compared to traditional public schools. Their conclusions are sobering. Buckley and Schneider show that charter-school students are not outperforming students in traditional public schools, that the quality of charter-school education varies widely from school to school, and that parent enthusiasm for charter schools starts out strong but fades over time. And they argue that while charter schools may meet the most basic test of sound public policy--they do no harm--the evidence suggests they all too often fall short of advocates' claims. With the future of charter schools--and perhaps public education as a whole--hanging in the balance, this book supports the case for holding charter schools more accountable and brings us considerably nearer to resolving this contentious debate. 606 $aCharter schools$zUnited States 606 $aPrivatization in education$zUnited States 615 0$aCharter schools 615 0$aPrivatization in education 676 $a371.010973 686 $aDV 2850$2rvk 700 $aBuckley$b Jack$f1972-$01386394 701 $aSchneider$b Mark$f1946-$01464723 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780903403321 996 $aCharter schools$93717403 997 $aUNINA