Inside Urban Charter Schools: Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High Performing Schools
- ISBN-10
- 1934742112
- ISBN-13
- 9781934742112
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Harvard Educational Publishing Group
- Authors
- Katherine Klippert Merseth, Kristy Cooper
Description
This book profiles a group of high-performance charter schools that primarily educate minority, low-income students. It is a powerful primer on modern equity concerns and setting (and achieving) high academic standards in city charter schools.
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