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Charter Schools: Creating Hope and Opportunity for American Educationreviewed by Sarah Tantillo - 1998 Title: Charter Schools: Creating Hope and Opportunity for American Education Author(s): Joe Nathan Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco ISBN: 0787944548, Pages: 288, Year: 1999 Search for book at Amazon.com If you already know a fair amount about
charter schools, Joe Nathan’s Charter Schools: Creating Hope
and Opportunity for American Education will give you the sensation
of reading a travel guide about your hometown. Familiar names (Ted
Kolderie, Milo Cutter, Yvonne Chan), places (O’Farrell
Community School, Minnesota New Country School, New Visions
School), and concepts (accountability, parent and community
involvement, innovation) create a reassuring terrain. You will
think to yourself: Hey, I know something about this place. I know
these people.
If, on the other hand, you are wondering what all the fuss is
about, you need to read this book. It provides a clear and simple
overview of an increasingly populated landscape. Since 1991 when
the first charter school legislation was enacted in Minnesota, 28
more states plus the District of Columbia have adopted legislation,
and some 700 schools will be in operation this fall. In his most
recent State of the Union Address, President Clinton called for
3,000 charter schools by the year 2000.
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- Sarah Tantillo
New Jersey Charter School Resource Center Sarah Tantillo is coordinator of the Charter School Resource Center, New Brunswick, NJ.
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