Charter Schools: Hope or Hype?

摘要

Of the various urban school reforms on the agenda, the approach probably most evaluated by social scientists has been choice-based reform-including school vouchers, tax credits, open enrollment, and charter schooling. The most politically successful of these to date by far has been charter schooling, which has expanded dramatically since the first charter law was adopted in Minnesota in 1991. Today, more than 4,000 charter schools operate in more than 40 states.