Charter Schools: Experiments in Reform.

Autor/in	Dunn, David
Institution	Texas State Legislative Budget Board, Austin.
Titel	Charter Schools: Experiments in Reform.
Quelle	(1994), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Accountability; Charter Schools; Decentralization; Educational Innovation; Elementary Secondary Education; Governance; Nontraditional Education; Performance; Public Schools; School Choice; State Legislation; State School District Relationship; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Verantwortung; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Decentralisation; Dezentralisierung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Achievement; Leistung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Landesrecht; Staatliches Schulamt
Abstract	By March 1994, eight states had adopted charter-school legislation. This report defines the charter-school concept and describes its advantages and disadvantages. Proponents argue that charter schools offer flexibility, decentralized decision making, a performance accountability, and school choice, and increased pressure for change. Opponents charge that charter schools are expensive and that they may reduce teacher salaries and disrupt existing desegregation plans. The report describes the charter-school experiences of eight states and one community--Minnesota, California, Colorado, Georgia Massachusetts, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Baltimore, Maryland. Data were gathered through interviews with one state-level policymaker or education department official from each state. To date, there are no empirical data describing the effects of charter schools on student achievement. The report describes Texas' provisions that incorporate aspects of charter-school philosophy and advocates charter schools for the Texas education system. Considerations to be worked out before attempting to develop charter schools are identified. One chart summarizes the status of implementation of charter-school legislation in the eight states. (Contains 15 references.) (LMI)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC