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Proud to be different : ethnocentric niche charter schools in America / edited by Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman and Littlefield Education, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (v, 187 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781475806212
  • 1475806213
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Proud to be differentDDC classification:
  • 371.050973 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2806.36
Online resources:
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.
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.
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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.

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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.

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