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ERIC Number: EJ588862
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Underlying Policy Assumptions of Charter School Reform: The Multiple Meanings of a Movement.
Wells, Amy Stuart; Grutzik, Cynthia; Carnochan, Sibyll; Slayton, Julie; Vasudeva, Ash
Teachers College Record, v100 n3 p513-35 Spr 1999
Based on interviews with state-level policy makers in six states, examines the policies of charter-school reform, arguing that the bipartisan support for these schools masks often-opposing viewpoints regarding the purpose of the reform. Identifies three salient and conflicting themes that emerge from the policy makers' explanations of their support for charter schools. (SM)
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Politics of Education, Public Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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