Charter Schools Against the Odds: An Assessment of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education.Charter Schools Against the Odds: An Assessment of the Koret Task Force The Koret Task Force on K–12 Education The Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education is a group of senior education scholars brought together by the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, who work collectively as well as individually on on K-12 Education. Edited by Paul T. Hill (Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. The Institution was founded in 1919 and over time has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President Press). Charter schools today are an important part of the education landscape, but they are not as influential as some once hoped. Why? Paul Hill Paul Hill is the name of:
v. tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts v.tr. 1. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: tilt a soup bowl; tilt a chair backward. 2. more sharply against charter schools than the enthusiasts first understood. The assorted chapters take a close look at factors that have inhibited in·hib·it tr.v. in·hib·it·ed, in·hib·it·ing, in·hib·its 1. To hold back; restrain. See Synonyms at restrain. 2. To prohibit; forbid. 3. the growth of charter schools. Many of the supply-limiting elements are rooted in state laws; others have been devised by opponents of charter schools, particularly teachers unions and school boards, which have worked hard to thwart charter schools at every turn. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The charter movement, though well launched, Hill argues, is not likely to become a much larger factor in American public education without serious efforts to level the playing field. And in the book's final chapter, he suggests how laws and policies can be changed to give charter schools a fairer chance at success. |
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