What's Public About Charter Schools?: Lessons Learned About Choice and Accountability - Couverture souple

Miron, Gary; Nelson NULL, Dr. Christopher D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0761945385 ISBN 13 : 9780761945383

Editeur : Corwin, 2002

Synopsis

This book is a valuable tool for analyzing the success of the private/public hybrid in serving the core purpose of public education. 

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gary Miron has a diverse background in the field of education. He worked as a public school teacher in Michigan in the mid-1980s. Later he worked as an educational researcher and university instructor in the field of education. Currently, he is Principal Research Associate at Western Michigan University′s Evaluation Center. There, he has completed or is working on a variety of school reform evaluations including evaluations of charter schools in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Illinois, and Cleveland. In Connecticut and Cleveland, he has been involved in providing training and technical assistance to charter schools in terms of helping them develop and implement accountability plans and self-evaluations. He has also conducted a study of student achievement gains in schools operated by Edison Schools Inc. Before joining The Evaluation Center, Dr. Miron worked at Stockholm University where he had completed his graduate studies. While in Sweden he conducted a study on the national voucher reform in the early 1990s and later took part in a study of school restructuring in Europe. He has researched and written on such topics as educational evaluation, special needs education, educational planning and policy, multimethod research, charter schools, and school reform.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761945385
• ISBN 13: 9780761945383
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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