A dying business: traditional neighborhood schools in the age of choice -- Charter school expansion and competition: paving the road to mass school closures in Philadelphia -- Building a brand: the making of the "Asian high school" -- An uneasy alliance: school marketing and community partnerships -- The great values drift: the toll of living through market-based school reform -- Competition, markets, and the challenge of equity for traditional public schools.
Summary:
The book is an ethnographic study of a public high school under pressure to compete with charter schools.-- Provided by publisher.
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