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Understanding and Assessing the Charter School Movement:
Joseph Murphy and Catherine Dunn Shiffman
Critical Issues in Educational Leadership
Pub Date: March 2002, 264 pages
Paperback: $24.95, ISBN: 0807741981
 
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"Charter school growth has exploded across the United States. But the diverse approaches in many states, in conjunction with a dearth of assessment, has created a void in information to guide the movement. This book is an answer to the dire need for useful information and understanding on the charter school phenomenon. A good read too."
– H. M. Levin, William H. Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityProviding the "big picture" on the charter school movement , this timely and important volume will give educators and policymakers the help they need to assess the value and the future of charter schooling. An astute observer of the charter school movement, Joseph Murphy and his co-author provide: - A definition of charter schools–what are they and where do they fit on the landscape of school reform?
- An explanation of why charters enjoy widespread bipartisan support.
- A look at how charters are situated in the larger school reform movement of the last quarter century.
- An analytic spotlight on the history and development of charter schools.
- An examination of the key dimensions of charters–choice, deregulation, decentralization, competition, and accountability.
- Investigations of charter schools in action.
- Analyses of the impact of charter schools–looking at school improvement at the local level and at reform at the system level.
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