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Understanding Charter School Governance: A Case Study of a Conversion Charter School Board of Directors
The charter school movement has been at the forefront of educational reform since the 1990s. The majority of charter school research has focused on academic achievement and issues of access, equity, and funding. Less attention has focused on charter school governance, yet evidence suggests that …
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Circles of Influence: Rational decision-making, strategic positioning, and the formation of charter school clusters in New Jersey
A major focus of charter school research has been the potential impact of increased school choice on student sorting by race/ethnicity and socio-economic status. Researchers have argued that charter schools may increase segregation by allowing families to separate into more homogeneous school …
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Who chooses? A sociological portrait of families active in school choice in urban areas in the U.S.
School choice and charter school research acknowledges that choosers, families that are active in school choice, are different than non-choosers, but the nature of this difference is rarely examined directly. For years, commentators have expressed concern that chooser families will tend to have …
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Building parents’ leadership capacity for engagement in the New Orleans education reform landscape
… authoritative and more active participants in school and community life (Hong, 2011; Oakes & Lipton, 2006; Warren, 2005; Oakes & Lipton, 2002). Federal policy also recommends that parents engage in regular, two-way, meaningful communication with school staff regarding academics and other school …