Charter schools / Diane Andrews Henningfeld, book editor.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-145) and index.

Charter schools: an overview / Education Week Research Center -- Charter schools threaten the public education system / Issue Brief Charter Schools -- Charter schools do not threaten the public education system / James Forman, Jr. -- Charter school competition improves the public education system / George M. Holmes, Jeff Desimone, Nicholas G. Rupp -- Charter schools do not address the problems of public education / Lisa Swinehart -- Charter schools must be publicly regulated / Ann Allen and Dwan Robinson -- Regulations on charter schools should be reduced / Paul T. Hill -- Charter schools should receive funding equal to that of traditional public schools / Heather R. Ngoma -- Charter schools should not receive funding equal to that of public schools / F. Howard Nelson, Edward Muir, and Rachel Drown -- Student achievement is greater in charter schools / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Student achievement is not greater in charter schools / Joydeep Roy and Lawrence Mishel -- Charter schools help close the achievement gap / the Education Innovator -- Charter schools do not address the achievement gap / Ron Zimmer and Richard Buddin -- Charter schools hold hope for the future / Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Gregg Vanourek -- The charter movement is a broken promise / New York State United Teachers.