Inside Urban Charter Schools: Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools

by Jon Valant, John Roberts, Katherine K. Merseth, et al.

Inside Urban Charter Schools offers an unprecedentedly intimate glimpse into the world of charter schools by profiling five high-performing urban charter schools serving predominantly low-income, minority youth in Massachusetts.

Interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations conducted over the course of two years flesh out rich and colorful portraits of daily life in these schools. Using an analytic framework grounded in research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934742104
• ISBN13: 9781934742105
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Harvard Education PR
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"