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The first charter school opened in Minnesota in 1992. Within nine years, there were more than 2,000 charter schools operating in thirty-four states, Washington, D.C., and Alberta, Canada. Public discourse on the charter school reform is often passionate and politically motivated. The editor has assembled a group of experts to present a more reflective and scholarly discussion of the reform, its performance to date, and its implications for public policy.

Charter schools --- Political aspects --- Chartered schools --- Schools --- Grant-maintained schools --- Privatization in education --- United States

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The report analyzes an array of issues pertaining to accessibility, student achievement, governance, and operation of charter schools in California. Four specific research questions were investigated: (1) What population of students attends charter schools? (2) Is student achievement higher in charter schools than in conventional public schools? (3) What oversight and support do the chartering authorities provide? (4) How do charter schools differ from their conventional public school counterparts in terms of their operation, including finances, academic achievement, and staffing?

Charter schools. --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Charter schools --- Evaluation. --- Chartered schools --- Schools --- Grant-maintained schools --- Privatization in education

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The Charter School Experience: Voices from the Field is a unique book that presents readers with balanced perspectives from teachers, students, parents, and school leaders at charter schools across the United States. Through first-person narratives, the book highlights the delicate intricacies of what makes a school charter succeed or fail. Unlike a book written by academics far removed from the practice of education, this book gives voice to the people most impacted by charters: the families and educators who have embraced these schools for better or worse, and who now have enriching stories to tell. These experiences—embodied in introspective and moving chapters—go well beyond the news headlines and politicized studies that have spotlighted charters in the past. In this book, teachers highlight their successes and failures in charter school classrooms, parents explore decisions to enroll in charters, school leaders discuss the social missions of charters, and students write about how charter schools have impacted their lives. The result is an engaging collection of ideas for a wide audience, including people researching, attending, and making policy on charter schools in the United States and around the world. .

Education. --- Education, general. --- Charter schools. --- Chartered schools --- Schools --- Grant-maintained schools --- Privatization in education --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Teaching --- Training --- Education

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College preparation programs --- Educational change --- Education, Secondary --- Charter schools --- Urban high schools --- High schools --- Urban schools --- Chartered schools --- Schools --- Grant-maintained schools --- Privatization in education --- Pre-college programs --- Universities and colleges --- Aims and objectives --- Evaluation. --- Admission

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This volume analyses and studies public-private partnerships in education and the varied forms they take in different parts of the world, for example it studies publicly-funded vouchers in Chile and Columbia and private schools in India.

School choice --- Public schools --- Charter schools --- Education and state --- Chartered schools --- Common schools --- Grammar schools --- School funds --- Secondary schools --- Choice of school --- Parents' choice of school --- School, Choice of --- Schools --- Selection --- Grant-maintained schools --- Privatization in education --- Education --- ECONOMICS/General --- EDUCATION/General --- Cross-cultural studies --- School choice - Cross-cultural studies --- Public schools - Cross-cultural studies --- Charter schools - Cross-cultural studies --- Education and state - Cross-cultural studies