| Description |
1 online resource (v, 187 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
This is a book about ethnocentric niche charter schools. What are they? When did they first appear? From where did the term come? How do they differ from regular charter schools and from district-run traditional public schools? All of these questions and more will be answered in this book. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the growth of ethnocentric charter schools / Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan -- Kua O Ka Lā : a Hawaiian culturally focused charter school / Nina K. Buchanan, Robert A. Fox, Susan Leigh Osborne, and C. Puanani Wilhelm -- Restoring Native American culture and language through public education / Mark Blitz -- A model for educating African American students / Tonikiaa Orange and Sharroky Hollie -- A case study of Hellenic Classical Charter School / Charisse Gulosino -- Immigrant advantage : what makes Dove Science Academy fly? / Robert Maranto, Kaan Camuz, and John Franklin -- A Somali school in Minneapolis / Letitia F. Basford and Heather Megarry Traeger -- A new approach to educating Latino English language learners / Brenda Martinez and Mark Blitz -- Ethnocentric niche charter schools : a view through legal and policy lenses / Suzanne E. Eckes and Kari A.M. Carr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Charter schools -- United States.
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Charter schools. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Fox, Robert A., 1943-
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Buchanan, Nina K.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fox, Robert A. Proud to be Different. Lanham : R & L Education, 2014 9781475806199 |
| ISBN |
9781475806212 (electronic book) |
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1475806213 (electronic book) |
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1475806191 |
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9781475806199 |
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1475806205 |
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9781475806205 |
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