@article{1478412,
      recid = {1478412},
      author = {Fuller, Bruce,  and Fuller, Bruce,  and Huerta, Luis A,   and Huerta, Luis A.,  and Jellison Holme, Jennifer,  and  Rofes, Eric,  and Stuart Wells, Amy,  and Vasudeva, Ash,   and Wexler, Edward,  and Yancey, Patty,  and Zernike, Kate,  },
      title = {Inside Charter Schools : The Paradox of Radical  Decentralization /},
      pages = {1 online resource (301 p.)},
      abstract = {Deepening disaffection with conventional public schools  has inspired flight to private schools, home schooling, and  new alternatives, such as charter schools. Barely a decade  old, the charter school movement has attracted a colorful  band of supporters, from presidential candidates, to ethnic  activists, to the religious Right. At present there are  about 1,700 charter schools, with total enrollment  estimated to reach one million early in the century. Yet,  until now, little has been known about the inner workings  of these small, inventive schools that rely on public money  but are largely independent of local school boards. Inside  Charter Schools takes readers into six strikingly different  schools, from an evangelical home-schooling charter in  California to a back-to-basics charter in a black  neighborhood in Lansing, Michigan. With a keen eye for  human aspirations and dilemmas, the authors provide  incisive analysis of the challenges and problems facing  this young movement. Do charter schools really spur  innovation, or do they simply exacerbate tribal forms of  American pluralism? Inside Charter Schools provides shrewd  and illuminating studies of the struggles and achievements  of these new schools, and offers practical lessons for  educators, scholars, policymakers, and parents.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478412},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037427},
}