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EJ589466 EA536137
Title: Five Prevailing Charter Types.Author(s): Schneider, Joe
Source: School Administrator, v56 n7 p29-31 Aug 1999
Publication Date: 1999
ISSN: 0036-6439
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB2000
Charter schools
can be grouped into two camps: newly created schools or converted
public schools (deserving further study). New charters arise to
help at-risk kids, serve poor ethnic minorities, make profits, or
address disgruntled parents' concerns. For-profits are leery of
contracting to improve student performance. (MLH)
Descriptors: *Charter Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; *Entrepreneurship;
*Ethnic Groups; *High Risk Students; *Privatization; School Choice
Identifiers: *Profit Making Schools
