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Inside Urban Charter Schools : Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-performing Schools by Merseth, Katherine K., Cooper, Kristy, Roberts, John, Tieken, Mara Casey, Valant, Jon, Wynne, Chris is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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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 K12 schooling in the twenty-first century and what it will take to enable all schoolswhether charter or traditionalto successfully educate all students.

Author

Merseth, Katherine K., Cooper, Kristy, Roberts, John, Tieken, Mara Casey, Valant, Jon, Wynne, Chris

Publisher

Harvard Education Press. 8 Story Street First Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 888-437-1437; Tel: 617-495-3432; Fax: 978-348-1233; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.hepg.org/hep

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781934742112

Subjects

Education

Rating

4.08 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13