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|aCharter schools|h[electronic resource] :|bfrom reform imagery to reform reality /|cJeanne M. Powers.
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|aNew York :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2009.
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|aPalgrave studies in urban education
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and index.
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|aCharter Schools in the Reform Imagination -- The Landscape of Charter School Reform -- State Level Policy Dynamics -- Policy Implementationat the School Level -- Policy Dynamics Part I: Policy Contexts, SchoolFoundings, and School Conflict -- Policy Dynamics Part II: Schools andShifts in Accountability Policies -- Looking Nationally at Policy TalkVersus Policy Implementation.
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|aThis book begins with the claims of policymakers and explores charter schools at each stage of the policymaking process, from legislation to implementation. Powers carefully and thoroughly examines how featuresof schools' policy contexts shape the ways that charter school reform unfolds at schools, providing a nuanced portrait of the schools participating in this much discussed and little understood reform movement. While policymakers are often prone to making sweeping claims about the efficacy of charter schools, in practice charter school reform is much more complex. By drawing on an extensive and compelling range of data, Powers assesses the validity of policymakers' claims.
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|aElectronic reproduction.|bBasingstoke, England :|cPalgrave Macmillan,|d2010.|nMode of access:World Wide Web.|nSystem requirements: Web browser.|nTitle from title screen (viewed on Jan. 11, 2010).|nAccess may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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