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ERIC Number: EJ562503
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
How Charter Schools Are Different: Lessons and Implications from a National Study.
Manno, Bruno V.; Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Bierlin, Louann A.; Vanourek, Gregg
Phi Delta Kappan, v79 n7 p488-98 Mar 1998
Provides background information on the Hudson Institute's "Charter Schools in Action" project that studied 50 charter schools in 10 states. Examines innovative ways charter schools organize and support themselves, and presents five lessons from the charter-school movement. Public schools would benefit by becoming more consumer-oriented, diverse, flexible, accountable, goal-driven, professional, and voluntary institutions. (MLH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation, Program Design, School Choice, School Organization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hudson Institute