Charter Schools and Their Enemies by Thomas Sowell (2020, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-101541675134
ISBN-139781541675131
eBay Product ID (ePID)8038593051
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCharter Schools and Their Enemies
SubjectEducation, Educational Policy & Reform / Charter Schools, Economics / Macroeconomics
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
AuthorThomas Sowell
Subject AreaEducation, Business & Economics
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-936857
Reviews"A methodologically rigorous, closely argued, data-driven case for charter schools...Thomas Sowell is a national treasure in a nation that does not entirely deserve him."-- National Review
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal371.05097471
SynopsisIn dozens of places in New York City where a charter school and a traditional public school hold classes in the same building, charter school students in those buildings have achieved "proficiency" on statewide tests several times more often than traditional public school students taking the same tests. In 2013, a fifth-grade class in a Harlem charter school scored higher on a mathematics test than any other fifth-grade class in the entire state of New York. That included, as the New York Times put it, "even their counterparts in the whitest and richest suburbs, Scarsdale and Briarcliff Manor." Nationwide, charter schools have only a fraction of the number of students who attend traditional public schools. But charter schools enrollment is growing faster, especially in low-income minority communities. From 2001 to 2016, enrollment in traditional public schools rose 1 percent, while charter school enrollment rose 571 percent. In cities across the country, with many students on waiting lists to transfer into charter schools, public school officials are blocking charter schools from using school buildings that have been vacant for years, in order to prevent those transfers from taking place. Even in states where blocking charter schools from using vacant school buildings is illegal, the laws have been evaded. In some places, vacant school buildings have been demolished, making sure no charter schools can use them. Book jacket., Winner of the 2021 Hayek Book Prize A leading conservative intellectual defends charter schools against the teachers' unions, politicians, and liberal educators who threaten to dismantle their success. The black-white educational achievement gap -- so much discussed for so many years -- has already been closed by black students attending New York City's charter schools. This might be expected to be welcome news. But it has been very unwelcome news in traditional public schools whose students are transferring to charter schools. A backlash against charter schools has been led by teachers unions, politicians and others -- not only in New York but across the country. If those attacks succeed, the biggest losers will be minority youngsters for whom a quality education is their biggest chance for a better life.
LC Classification NumberLB2806.36.S68 2020
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- 22 Jan, 2023
Read it. And u will know.
Good read especially for the wok members of the community.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Oct, 2020
All About Charter Schools
Anyone who is interested in Charter Schools would want to read this book. I am glad to have this book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Aug, 2020
Too much Data
Lots of back up data, perhaps more than necessary.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
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