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 (0817947620_v.pdf ~42 KB)
• Introduction (0817947620_1.pdf ~98 KB)
• 1. The Supply of Charter Schools (0817947620_15.pdf ~472 KB)
• 2. Charter School Funding (0817947620_45.pdf ~431 KB)
• 3. School Choice in Milwaukee Fifteen Years Later (0817947620_71.pdf ~1155 KB)
• 4. Authorizing: The Missing Link (0817947620_103.pdf ~128 KB)
• 5. Should Charter Schools Be a Cottage Industry? (0817947620_127.pdf ~145 KB)
• 6. Chartering and Innovating (0817947620_159.pdf ~95 KB)
• 7. Realizing Chartering’s Full Potential (0817947620_179.pdf ~133 KB)
• Contributors (0817947620_205.pdf ~55 KB)
• Index (0817947620_209.pdf ~63 KB)