School Choice In The Real World

Taylor & Francis

The charter school is becoming one of the most significant attempts at public education reform in the US. This text looks at the charter school movement through a focused lens: it examines charter schools in Arizona, which currently accounts for 30 per cent of all charter schools. > School choice is the most talked about reform of American public education, yet writings about choice remain highly speculative because no state has adopted a free market approach to education--until now. The charter school is fast becoming one of the most significant attempts at public education reform in this country. Over 1100 charter schools op > Real World School Choice: Arizona Charter Schools; (Robert Maranto, Scott Milliman, Frederick Hess, and April Gresham); Theoretical and National Perspectives; And This Parent Went to Market: Education as Public vs. Private Good; (L. Elaine Halchin); The Death of One Best Way: Charter Schools as Reinventing Government; (Robert Maranto); Congress and Char.