Charter Schools Against the Odds: An Assessment of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education
By Paul T. Hill

This book was added to the web site on October 22, 2006.

The expert contributors to this volume tell how state laws and policies have stacked the deck against charter schools by limiting the number of charter schools allowed in a state, forbidding for-profit firms from holding charters, forcing them to pay rent out of operating funds, and other ways. They explain how these policies can be amended to level the playing field and give charter schools—and the children they serve—a fairer chance to succeed.

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• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• 1. The Supply of Charter Schools
• 2. Charter School Funding
• 3. School Choice in Milwaukee Fifteen Years Later
• 4. Authorizing: The Missing Link
• 5. Should Charter Schools Be a Cottage Industry?
• 6. Chartering and Innovating
• 7. Realizing Chartering’s Full Potential
• Contributors
• Index