Buckley / Schneider Charter Schools

Hope or Hype?
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3185-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Buckley, Jack

Schneider, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures ix

List of Tables xi

Acknowledgments xiii

CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1

CHAPTER 2: The Evolution of Charter-School Choice in the District of Columbia 22

CHAPTER 3: The Panel Study 44

CHAPTER 4: Are Charter-School Students Harder to Educate than Those in the Traditional Public Schools? 77

CHAPTER 5: Shopping for Schools on the Internet Using DCSchoolSearch.com 98

CHAPTER 6: What Do Parents Want from Schools? It Depends on How You Ask 115

CHAPTER 7: School Choice and the Importance of Parental Information 134

CHAPTER 8: How Do Parents Access and Process Information about Schools? 151

CHAPTER 9: Satisfaction with Schools 170

CHAPTER 10: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Parental Satisfaction over Time 205

CHAPTER 11: Building Social Capital in the Nation's Capital: Can School Choice Build a Foundation for Cooperative Behavior? 220

CHAPTER 12: Do Charter Schools Promote Citizenship among Students? 245

CHAPTER 13: Charter Schools: Hype or Hope? 267

Notes 287

References 305

Index 335

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Buckley is associate professor of applied statistics at New York University. Mark Schneider is vice president for new educational initiatives at the American Institutes for Research and a distinguished professor of political science at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.