| Charter Schools and Their Enemies Lib/E Contributor(s): Sowell, Thomas (Author), Sanders, Brad (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1549160419 ISBN-13: 9781549160417 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $81.89 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Charter Schools - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Law | Educational Law & Legislation |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A leading conservative intellectual defends charter schools against the teachers' unions, politicians, and liberal educators who threaten to dismantle their success. The black-white educational achievement gap--so much discussed for so many years--has already been closed by black students attending New York City's charter schools. This might be expected to be welcome news. But it has been very unwelcome news in traditional public schools whose students are transferring to charter schools. A backlash against charter schools has been led by teachers unions, politicians and others--not only in New York but across the country. If those attacks succeed, the biggest losers will be minority youngsters for whom a quality education is their biggest chance for a better life. |