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Expect miracles : charter schools and the politics of hope and despair
- Title
- Expect miracles : charter schools and the politics of hope and despair / Peter W. Cookson, Jr., and Kristina Berger.
- Author
- Cookson, Peter W.
- Publication
- Boulder, Colo. ; Oxford : Westview Press, 2002.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Berger, Kristina.
- Description
- viii, 195 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue : faith versus reason in educational reform. Charter schools : created in the image of their founders. The charter school promise. The politics of hope and despair -- The landscape of charter schools. The educational and social context of the charter school movement. How charter schools work. Turning dreams into reality : building a charter school. The many faces of charter schools : six states, six scenarios. Projections versus actuals : have charter schools fulfilled the promise. Conclusion -- The social and political geology of charter schools -- Postscript : the goodness of America, an education for democracy. Curriculum as stewardship. The Goodness of America.
- Call Number
- JFE 02-13770
- ISBN
- 0813366313 (hard)
- LCCN
- 2002003716
- OCLC
- vendor
- Author
- Cookson, Peter W.
- Title
- Expect miracles : charter schools and the politics of hope and despair / Peter W. Cookson, Jr., and Kristina Berger.
- Imprint
- Boulder, Colo. ; Oxford : Westview Press, 2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index.
- Added Author
- Berger, Kristina.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 02-13770