In dozens of places in New York City where a charter school and a traditional public school hold classes in the same building, charter school students in those

This book will reset the discourse on charter schooling by systematically exploring the gap between the promise and the performance of charter schools. The auth

Throughout the United States, increasing numbers of students are being educated in charter schools. Although the educators in these schools may think they are p

Access issues are pivotal to almost all charter school tensions and debates. How well are these schools performing? Are they segregating and stratifying? Are th

In the wake of the tragedy and destruction that came with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, public schools in New Orleans became part of an almost unthinkable experime