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A National Study
of Charter Schools

Second-Year Report

1998

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary

1. Charter Schools in Perspective

2. State Approaches to the Charter Concept

3. Characteristics of Charter Schools

4. Students of Charter Schools

5. Why Charter Schools Are Started and What Attracts Parents to Them

6. Challenges in the Implementation of Charter Schools

Appendix B: State Legislative Overview

Appendix C: Overview of Telephone Survey Response Patterns

Appendix D: Supplemental Exhibits for Chapter IV

Appendix E: Charter Schools and Title I

About This Study

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