The firing of thousands of unionized public school teachers in Katrina's immediate aftermath and the rapid creation of large numbers of charter schools similarly subjected the school system to market logic while denying traumatized children the familiarity of neighborhood schools.
Together, the papers within this special issue examine the achievement effects of charter schools, their cost effectiveness, the competitive pressure created by charter schools, the degree to which charter schools are innovative and how some of the operational and policy features of charter schools may affect outcomes.
A critical aspect of charter schools is that we are not subject to the control of the city government.
The cost of royal security is the subject of the third point on the charter.
Heated opposition continues over the rapid expansion of charter schools, many of them fighting for space with traditional schools — the subject of a divisive lawsuit.
The concept of charter schools is that they be given greater freedom, but they must be subject to greater accountability.
This paper, after a brief description of the Charter organisation and of its implementation procedures, addresses three typical cases of Charter activation and the lessons learned to date.
Tankers are hired by four types of charter agreements: the voyage charter, the time charter, the bareboat charter, and contract of affreightment.
The little school at Baladullah, the Muslim community 70 miles east of Fresno, has had its charter revoked and is the subject of a criminal investigation.
The brotherhood is not the only group to have voiced objections to the UN charter, which has been the subject of bitter debate.
