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charter school movement
community-based partnerships
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- ISBN 9781934742662
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2010
- Publisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The widespread popularity of charter schools, and of the charter movement itself, speaks to the unique and chronic desire for substantive change in American education. As an innovation in governance, the ultimate goal of the charter movement is to improve learning opportunities for all students.
Christopher A. Lubienski is associate professor of education policy and a fellow at the Forum on the Future of Public Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Peter C. Weitzel is an advanced doctoral student in educational organization and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jeffrey R. Henig is professor of political science and education at Teachers College and professor of political science at Columbia University.
