Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction / Sandra Vergari
Chapter 2. Minnesota and the Charter Public School Idea / Joe Nathan
Chapter 3. Charter Schools in California: A Bruising Campaign for Public School Choice / Priscilla Wohlstetter, Noelle C. Griffin,
and Derrick Chau
Chapter 4. Letting a Thousand Flowers (and Weeds) Bloom: The Charter Story in Arizona / Frederick M. Hess and Robert Maranto
Chapter 5. Michigan’s Charter School Movement: The Politics of Policy Design / Michael Mintrom
Chapter 6. Colorado Charter Schools: Becoming an Enduring Feature of the Reform Landscape / Eric Hirsch
Chapter 7. The Massachusetts Charter School Initiative: A Model for Public School Accountability? / Paul Herdman
Chapter 8. Wisconsin: Chartering Authority as Educational Reform / Julie F. Mead
Chapter 9. Parameters for Choice: Charter Schools in Alberta / Lynn Bosetti and Robert O’Reilly
Chapter 10. Texas: Charter Schools and the Struggle for Equity / Lance D. Fusarelli
Chapter 11. Charter Schools in Florida: A Work in Progress / Tracey Bailey, Carolyn Lavely,
and Cathy Wooley-Brown
Chapter 12. Charter Schools in North Carolina: Confronting the Challenges of Rapid Growth / Michelle Godard McNiff and Bryan C. Hassel
Chapter 13. New York: Over 100 Charter Applications in Year One / Sandra Vergari
Chapter 14. Conclusions / Sandra Vergari
Notes
References
Contributors
Index