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Charter schools are the most significant educational experiment in the last two decades. In Expect Miracles, Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kristina Berger focus on the current trend toward deregulation in public education. The issue of deregulation is of critical importance because the spirit of entrepreneurship that is behind deregulation is seldom ex
Contents
Prologue: Faith Versus Reason in Educational Reform, Charter Schools: Created in the Image of Their Founders, The Charter School Promise, The Politics of Hope and Despair, Part One: The Landscape of Charter Schools, The Educational and Social Context of the Charter School Movement, How Charter Schools Work, Turning Dreams into Reality: Building a Charter School, The Many Faces of Charter Schools: Six States, Six Scenarios, Projections Versus Actuals: Have Charter Schools Fulfilled the Promise, Conclusion, Part Two: The Social and Political Geology of Charter Schools, Postscript: The Goodness of America-An Education for Democracy, Curriculum as Stewardship, The Goodness of America,
