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Inside Urban Charter Schools: Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools
2009 Excellence in Advancing Knowledge, National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)
Inside Urban Charter Schools offers an unprecedentedly intimate glimpse into the world of charter schools by profiling five high-performing urban charter schools serving predominantly low-income, minority youth in Massachusetts.
Interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations conducted over the course of two years flesh out rich and colorful portraits of daily life in these schools. Using an analytic framework grounded in research on nonprofit management and effective schools, the authors show that these schools excel along the organizational dimensions of structure, systems, human resource strategies, culture, and clarity of mission.
By raising provocative questions for parents, educators, policymakers, and scholars, the book makes a powerful contribution to important conversations about the purpose of K–12 schooling in the twenty-first century and what it will take to enable all schools—whether charter or traditional—to successfully educate all students.
Inside Urban Charter Schools offers an unprecedentedly intimate glimpse into the world of charter schools by profiling five high-performing urban charter schools serving predominantly low-income, minority youth in Massachusetts.
Interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations conducted over the course of two years flesh out rich and colorful portraits of daily life in these schools. Using an analytic framework grounded in research on nonprofit management and effective schools, the authors show that these schools excel along the organizational dimensions of structure, systems, human resource strategies, culture, and clarity of mission.
By raising provocative questions for parents, educators, policymakers, and scholars, the book makes a powerful contribution to important conversations about the purpose of K–12 schooling in the twenty-first century and what it will take to enable all schools—whether charter or traditional—to successfully educate all students.
280 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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March 8, 2011
This book provides an excellent view into the world of charter schools, why those in the book have been successful, and strategies for both administrators and teachers who are interested in charter schools. I was expecting the narrative to be boring and to read like a textbook, however, I pleasantly discovered that the narration, especially when describing the schools, was colorful and descriptive. Rather than simply struggling through the book for the information, I actually enjoyed reading it. This book also served as a useful aid for me in my recent job applications to several charter schools. I recommend it for anyone looking to teach in or start a charter school, or anyone interested in trends in education.
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