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Johnston, Joseph B. – Sociology of Education, 2014
Over the past two decades, most states have adopted laws enabling charter schools, as charter advocates successfully presented charters as the solution to core problems in urban public education. Yet some states with large urban centers, notably Washington and Kentucky, resisted this seemingly inexorable trend for years. What explains their…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, State Policy