| The Strategic Management of Charter Schools: Frameworks and Tools for Educational Entrepreneurs Contributor(s): Frumkin, Peter (Author), Manno, Bruno V. (Author), Edgington, Nell (Author) |
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ISBN: 1612500978 ISBN-13: 9781612500973 Publisher: Harvard Education PR OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Charter Schools - Education | Administration - General |
| Dewey: 371.05 |
| LCCN: 2011928651 |
| Series: Educational Innovations |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Strategic Management of Charter Schools addresses the challenges facing such schools by mapping out, in straightforward and highly pragmatic terms, a management framework for them. The first charter school law in the United States was enacted in Minnesota in 1991. In the twenty years since that modest beginning, the movement has burgeoned and spread across the country: there are now more than five thousand charter schools attended by nearly two million students. Yet due to this rapid growth in the number of charter schools and to their generally independent character, the nature and quality of these institutions vary greatly. The promise of charter schools is great, but so are the organizational and educational challenges they face. Organized around three crucial challenges to charter school leaders--managing mission, managing internal operations, and managing the larger stakeholder environment--the book provides charter school leaders with indispensable tools and insights for achieving educational and organizational success. In its elucidation of these managerial challenges, and in its equally helpful and detailed examinations of particular schools, the book offers a clear, credible approach to the efficient and sustainable management of what are still young and experimental educational institutions. The Strategic Management of Charter Schools is a volume in the Educational Innovations series. |
Contributor Bio(s): Manno, Bruno V.: - Bruno V. Manno is senior advisor for K-12 Education Reform with the Walton Family Foundation.Frumkin, Peter: - Peter Frumkin is professor of public affairs and director of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.Hess, Frederick M.: - Frederick M. Hess is a resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of Cage-Busting Leadership (Harvard Education Press, 2013).Edgington, Nell: - Nell Edgington is president of Social Velocity. |