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Are Charters Different?: Public Education, Teachers, and the Charter School Debate
Contributor(s): Oberfield, Zachary W. (Author), Henig, Jeffrey R. (Foreword by)

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 ISBN: 1682530671     ISBN-13: 9781682530672
Publisher: Harvard Education PR
OUR PRICE: $33.25  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Charter Schools
- Education | Administration - General
- Education | Comparative
Dewey: 371.01
LCCN: 2017013578
Series: Education Politics and Policy
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.85 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
In his new book, Zachary W. Oberfield investigates the question of whether charter schools cultivate different teaching climates from those found in traditional public schools. To answer this question, Oberfield examined hundreds of thousands of teacher surveys from across the nation. The result is a trenchant analysis that deepens our understanding of what the charter experiment means for the future of US public education.

Are Charters Different? shows that the teaching climates of charter and public schools do differ in important ways and explores the relative strengths and weaknesses of each. In addition, the book inquires into critical differences within the charter sector, between for-profit and nonprofit charters, and between independently operated schools and those that are part of educational management organizations. Ultimately, the book argues, the choice between charter and public schools should be more about what we value in public education and consider acceptable trade-offs.


Contributor Bio(s): Henig, Jeffrey R.: - Jeffrey R. Henig is professor of political science and education at Teachers College and professor of political science at Columbia University.
 
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