Beyond the Schoolhouse Door: How Charter Schools Are Transforming U.S. Public Education

Discusses evolutionary stages in the education establishment's reaction to charter schools: stopping them cold, keeping them few and weak, competing with them, and accepting and using them. Charters are not revolutionary. They embody three time-tested features: community rootedness; resemblance...

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Published in:Phi Delta Kappan 2000-06, Vol.81 (10), p.736-744
Main Authors: Manno, Bruno V., Jr, Chester E. Finn, Vanourek, Gregg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A "Kappan" Special Section on Charter Schools
Analysis
Barriers to Implementation
Boards of education
Charter Schools
College admission
Community
Competition
Economic competition
Educational Benefits
Educational Change
Educational reform
Elementary Secondary Education
Law schools
Nontraditional Education
Politics of Education
Private schools
Public education
Public schools
Resistance to Change
Teachers
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Summary:Discusses evolutionary stages in the education establishment's reaction to charter schools: stopping them cold, keeping them few and weak, competing with them, and accepting and using them. Charters are not revolutionary. They embody three time-tested features: community rootedness; resemblance to magnet and alternative schools; and institutional adaptation. (Contains 39 references.) (MLH)
ISSN:0031-7217
1940-6487