Charter Schools

Answering the Call; Saving Our Children

Edited by Ashraf Esmail and Alice Duhon-Ross McCallum

Charter Schools will stimulate the thinking of educators, professionals, and the general public who are concerned about the educational experience of our nation’s children. The chapters in this book are designed by a group of academic researchers, scholars in higher education, and leaders in academic arenas. The major thrust of this book is to appeal to individuals of this nation to join forces and save our children from inadequate academic experiences that will serve as a damaging element to their growth, development, and success in life. This book articulates the essential elements of effective charter schools. It establishes a blueprint for the infrastructure and staffing of a charter school that will successfully instill passion and purpose in its students. Charter Schools is a must-read for those endeavoring to save the children from our failing school systems and the bleak path set before them.

University Press of America

Pages: 180 • Trim: 6¼ x 9

978-0-7618-5823-2 • Paperback • December 2011 • $47.99 • (£37.00)

Series: Issues in Black Education

Subjects: Education / Research, Education / General, Education / Student Life & Student Affairs, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General

Charter Schools

Answering the Call; Saving Our Children

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Summary

Charter Schools will stimulate the thinking of educators, professionals, and the general public who are concerned about the educational experience of our nation’s children. The chapters in this book are designed by a group of academic researchers, scholars in higher education, and leaders in academic arenas. The major thrust of this book is to appeal to individuals of this nation to join forces and save our children from inadequate academic experiences that will serve as a damaging element to their growth, development, and success in life. This book articulates the essential elements of effective charter schools. It establishes a blueprint for the infrastructure and staffing of a charter school that will successfully instill passion and purpose in its students. Charter Schools is a must-read for those endeavoring to save the children from our failing school systems and the bleak path set before them.

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University Press of America

Pages: 180 • Trim: 6¼ x 9

978-0-7618-5823-2 • Paperback • December 2011 • $47.99 • (£37.00)

Series: Issues in Black Education

Subjects: Education / Research, Education / General, Education / Student Life & Student Affairs, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General

Author

Ashraf Esmail is an assistant professor in social sciences at Southern University in New Orleans. His research interests include urban, multicultural, and peace education; family; cultural diversity; political sociology; criminology; social problems; and deviance.

Alice Duhon-Ross McCallum serves as department head of the MS Higher Education and Adult Learning in the Richard W. Riley College of Education at Walden University. Her current research focuses on multicultural education and counseling with special interest in school violence, family in poverty, and conflict resolution.

Charter Schools

Answering the Call; Saving Our Children

Edited by Ashraf Esmail and Alice Duhon-Ross McCallum

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Answering the Call; Saving Our Children

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