Charter Schools and the Corporate Makeover of Public Education by Michael Fabricant

Charter Schools and the Corporate Makeover of Public Education by Michael Fabricant

This book will reset the discourse on charter schooling by systematically exploring the gap between the promise and the performance of charter schools. The authors do not defend the public school system, which for decades has failed primarily poor children of color. Instead, they use empirical evidence to determine whether charter schooling offers an authentic alternative for these children. In concise chapters, they address a series of important questions related to the recent ascent of charter schools and the radical restructuring of public education. This essential introduction includes a detailed history of the charter movement, an analysis of the politics and economics driving the movement, documentation of actual student outcomes, and alternative images of transforming public education to serve all children.

Book Features:

• An overview of the key issues surrounding the charter school movement.
• A reframing of the recent discourse on public school reform
• A comprehensive comparison examining the promises of charter schooling against the empirical evidence.
• An examination of how charter schools impact communities of color and larger public school systems in poor urban areas.
• An exploration of the relationships among the rapid ascendance of charter reform, economic decline, and fiscal austerity.

“This book provides an easily accessible, non-academic explanation of the role (charter schools) play beyond the rhetoric” ―Christian Science Monito

"A spectacular book―needs to be published yesterday." ―Deborah Meier, New York University

“Fabricant and Fine have fearlessly peered behind the Waiting for Superman hype. Everyone interested in the future of American education needs to read this insightful analysis.” ―Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News columnist and co-host of Democracy Now!

Michael Fabricant is a professor at the Hunter College School of Social Work and executive officer of the Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare.

Michelle Fine is a distinguished professor of Social Psychology, Women’s Studies, and Urban Education at the Graduate Center, CUNY.

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ISBN 13	9780807752852
ISBN 10	0807752851
Title	Charter Schools and the Corporate Makeover of Public Education
Author	Michael Fabricant
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Teachers' College Press
Year published	2012-01-30
Number of pages	176
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