Charter Schools and Their Enemies

by Thomas Sowell

Overview

Winner of the 2021 Hayek Book Prize

A leading conservative intellectual defends charter schools against the teachers' unions, politicians, and liberal educators who threaten to dismantle their success.
  The black-white educational achievement gap — so much discussed for so many years — has already been closed by black students attending New York City's charter schools. This might be expected to be welcome news. But it has been very unwelcome news in traditional public schools whose students are transferring to charter schools. A backlash against charter schools has been led by teachers unions, politicians and others — not only in New York but across the country. If those attacks succeed, the biggest losers will be minority youngsters for whom a quality education is their biggest chance for a better life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541675131
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	292,469
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books including Charter Schools and Their Enemies, winner of the 2021 Hayek Book Prize. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including the National Humanities Medal, presented by the President of the United States in 2003.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Chapter 1 Comparisons and Comparability 1

Chapter 2 Charter School Results 7

Chapter 3 Hostility 51

Chapter 4 Accountability 68

Chapter 5 Student Differences 89

Chapter 6 Dangers 113

Appendix I Test Score Data 133

Appendix II Student Demographic Data 193

Appendix III Special Students Data 203

Endnotes 213

Index 245

Editorial Reviews

"A methodologically rigorous, closely argued, data-driven case for charter schools...Thomas Sowell is a national treasure in a nation that does not entirely deserve him."—National Review

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