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1、CHARTERSCHOOLSThispageintentionallyleftblankCHARTERSCHOOLSHopeorHype?JackBuckleyandMarkSchneiderPRINCETONUNIVERSITYPRESSPRINCETONANDOXFORDCopyright©2007byPrincetonUniversityPressPublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet,Princeton,NewJersey08540IntheUnitedKin
2、gdom:PrincetonUniversityPress,6OxfordStreet,Woodstock,OxfordshireOX201TWAllRightsReservedSecondprinting,andfirstpaperbackprinting,2009PaperbackISBN:978-0-691-14319-4TheLibraryofCongresshascatalogedtheclotheditionofthisbookasfollowsBuckley,Jack,1972–Charterschools:hopeo
3、rhype?/JackBuckleyandMarkSchneider.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN-13:978-0-691-12985-3(cl:alk.paper)—ISBN-10:0-691-12985-1(cl:alk.paper)1.Charterschools—UnitedStates.I.Schneider,Mark,1946–II.Title.LB2806.36.B822007371.01—dc222006049706BritishLibra
4、ryCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailableThisbookhasbeencomposedinSabonandUniversPrintedonacid-freepaper.∞press.princeton.eduPrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica3579108642Whereasboostersandadvocates,myselfincluded,oncesupposedthatcharterschoolswouldalmostalwaysturnoutto
5、begoodschools,realityshowsthatsomearefan-tastic,someareabysmal,andmanyarehardtodistin-guishfromthedistrictschoolstowhichthey’remeanttobealternatives.Merelyhanginga“charter”signoveraschoolhousedoorfreesittobedifferentbutdoesn’tas-surequality—orevendifferentness.Thoseru
6、nningtheschoolneedtoknowwhatthey’redoing—andbegoodatdoingit.Toomanywell-meaning(or,sometimes,greedy)folkssetouttocreatecharterschoolsthattheyaren’tcompetenttorun.—ChesterE.Finn,Jr.,NationalReview,October9,2006ThispageintentionallyleftblankCONTENTSListofFiguresixListof
7、TablesxiAcknowledgmentsxiiiCHAPTER1Introduction1CHAPTER2TheEvolutionofCharter-SchoolChoiceintheDistrictofColumbia22CHAPTER3ThePanelStudy44CHAPTER4AreCharter-SchoolStudentsHardertoEducatethanThoseintheTraditionalPublicSchools?77CHAPTER5ShoppingforSchoolsontheInternetUs
8、ingDCSchoolSearch.com98CHAPTER6WhatDoParentsWantfromSchools?ItDependsonHowYouAsk115CHAPTER7SchoolChoiceandtheImportanceofPar