ABSTRACT
Challenging the popular perception that the free market can objectively ameliorate inequality and markedly improve student academic achievement, this book examines the overly positivistic rhetoric surrounding charter schools. Taking a multifocal approach, this book examines how charter schools reproduce inequality in public education. By linking charter schools to broader social issues and political economic factors, such as neoliberalism, race, and class, The Charter School Solution presents a more complete and nuanced assessment of charter schools in the context of the American public education system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
Chartering Charade in Washington State
The Anti-Democratic Politics of the Charter School Movement and the Removal of the Public from Public Education
chapter 3|20 pages
Turning Over Teachers
Charter School Employment Practices, Teacher Pipelines, and Social Justice
chapter 5|19 pages
Discursive Violence and Economic Retrenchment
Chartering the Sacrifice of Black Educators in Post-Katrina New Orleans
chapter 6|18 pages
Struggling for Community and Equity in New Orleans Public Schools
Lessons from a First-Year Charter School
chapter 7|22 pages
Segregated by Choice?
Urban Charter Schools and Education Choices for Black Students and Disadvantaged Families in the United States
