In the eye of the beholder: Charter schools and innovation

Journal of School Choice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-127

  Lake, Robin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Innovation; Policy; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849087994     PISSN: 15582159     EISSN: 15582167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15582150802136090     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th ed., C. Soanes and A. Stevenson (eds.), (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), s.v. "Innovation."
2. John Pincus, "Incentives for Innovation in the Public Schools," Review of Educational Research 44, no. 1 (1974): 113-144.
3. Mitch Price, "State-by-State Charter School Law Summary"; (Unpublished document, National Charter School Research Project, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington, 2006).
4. Chester E. Finn Jr. and Gregg Vanourek, "Lessons from the U.S. Experience with Charter Schools" (PEPG conference, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussetts, 2005).
5. Merrifield outlines a useful typology for what kinds of reform chartering might achieve. John Merrifield, "Charter Laws: Disaster, Detour, Irrelevant, or Reform Tool?" Journal of School Choice 1, no. 1 (2006): 3-22.
6. Clayton M. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997).
7. Christopher Lubienski, "Innovation in Education Markets: Theory and Evidence on the Impact of Competition and Choice in Charter Schools," American Educational Research Journal 40, no. 2 (2003): 395-443.
8. Michael Mintrom, Leveraging Local Innovation: The Case of Michigan's Charter Schools (East Lansing: Michigan State University, 2000).
9. Jon Schroeder, Ripples of Innovation: Charter Schooling in Minnesota (Washington, DC: Progressive Policy Institute, 2004).
10. Joanna Smith, Priscilla Wohlstetter, and Dominic Brewer, "Under New Management: Are Charter Schools Making the Most of New Governance Options?"; in Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2007, Robin J. Lake (ed.), (Seattle, WA: National Charter School Research Project, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington, 2007), 17-28.
11. Paul T. Hill and Robin J. Lake with Mary Beth Celio, Charter Schools and Accountability in Public Education (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002).
12. Michael Podgursky, "Teams v. Bureaucracies: Personnel Policy, Wage-Setting, and Teacher Quality in Traditional Public, Charter, and Private Schools"; (Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Education Working Paper Archive, 2006), http://www.uark.edu/ua/der/EWPA/index.html.
13. Chester E. Finn Jr., "Chartering and Innovating,"; in Charter Schools Against the Odds, Paul T. Hill (ed.), (Stanford, CA: Education Next Press, 2006), 5.
14. Frederick M. Hess, Revolutions at the Margins: The Impact of Competition on Urban School Systems (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002).
15. Nina K. Buchanan, Robert A. Fox, and Darlene E. Martin, "Gifted and Talented Programs in Charter Schools," Journal of School Choice 1, no. 2 (2006): 101-130.
16. Lauren M. Rhim and Margaret J. McLaughlin, "Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools: What We Now Know," Focus on Exceptional Children 39, no. 5 (2007): 1-12.
17. Jon Christensen and others, Examining Charter School Educational Programs (Seattle, WA: National Charter School Research Project, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington, forthcoming).
18. Paul Teske and others, "Does Charter School Competition Improve Traditional Public Schools?" Civic Report (New York: Manhattan Institute, 2000).
19. Robin J. Lake and Paul T. Hill (eds.), Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2005 (Seattle, WA: National Charter School Research Project, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington, 2005): 1-20.
20. Teske and others, "Does Charter School Competition Improve Traditional Public Schools?"
21. Ted Kolderie, Evaluating Chartering: A Case for Assessing Separately the Institutional Innovation (St. Paul, MN: Education/Evolving, 2003).
22. Ron Zimmer, Charter School Operations and Performance: Evidence from California (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2003).
23. For example, John Merrifield, Continuous Improvement and Cost Minimization in K-12 Education (Los Angeles: Association of Public Policy and Management Annual Conference, forthcoming).
24. Kolderie, "Evaluating Chartering."
25. For example, Smith, Wohlstetter, and Brewer, "Under New Management"
26. Michael DeArmond, Betheny Gross, and Dan Goldhaber, "Look Familiar? Charters and Teachers" in Hopes, Fears, & Reality (2007): 43-52.
27. Christopher Lubienski, "Incentives for School Diversification: Competition and Promotional Patterns in Local Education Markets," Journal of School Choice 1, no. 2 (2006): 1-32.
28. Christopher Lubienski, "Charter School Innovations in Theory and Practice: Autonomy, R & D, and Curricular Conformity," in Taking Account of Charter Schools: What's Happened and What's Next? Katrina E. Bulkley and Priscilla Wohlstetter (eds.), (New York: Teachers College Press, 2004): 72-90.
29. Michael Mintrom, "Policy Entrepreneurs and the Diffusion of Innovation," American Journal of Political Science 41, no. 3 (1997): 738.
30. Merrifield, Continuous Improvement and Cost Minimization in K-12 Education.
31. Such swift government intervention is necessary because although charter schools are intended to respond to consumer preferences, parents may not be able to accurately assess instructional practices, and charter school laws that limit supply may not create strong enough incentives for schools to compete and maintain consumer confidences.
32. Kim Smith and Julie L. Petersen, Fueling Entrepreneurs in Education: Opportunities and Resources (Washington DC: American Enterprise Institute Conference, 2005).
33. See for example Finn, Jr., "Chartering and Innovating."