Carpetbagging America’s Public Schools

Curtis J. Cardine

doi:10.5771/9781475840216

Summary

Carpetbagging America's Public Schools probes the financial intrigue underlying the charter school industry. This book is a forensic accounting analysis of the financial effects of twenty years of charter schools and vouchers on the publics investment in public education. Written from an insider’s perspective by an early advocate for charter schools, the work exposes the underbelly of the radical deregulation of our public schools.

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Copyright year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-4019-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-4021-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 252
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 7
1 Perspective No access Pages 8 - 17
2 Carpetbagging No access Pages 18 - 26
3 Rise of the Petty Academies No access Pages 27 - 36
4 Schools for the Adults No access Pages 37 - 38
5 The Road to Perdition No access Pages 39 - 44
6 Economic Theories in Use No access Pages 45 - 53
7 Mind-Sets about Public Schools No access Pages 54 - 56
8 Schooling Alone No access Pages 57 - 59
9 Private Ownership of Public Assets No access Pages 60 - 62
10 Mission Failure: Academic Results No access Pages 63 - 73
11 Real Choice: Debunking the Rhetoric No access Pages 74 - 81
12 Teachers in the Charter and Private Systems No access Pages 82 - 90
13 Teacher Compensation in Charters No access Pages 91 - 97
14 Administrative Costs versus Classroom Spending No access Pages 98 - 101
15 Academic Red Flags No access Pages 102 - 105
16 Unsustainable Debt and Financing Irregularities No access Pages 106 - 113
17 Failure Is Not an Option No access Pages 114 - 122
18 Following the Money No access Pages 123 - 131
19 Choosing Profits over Children No access Pages 132 - 139
20 Selective Memory No access Pages 140 - 142
21 Running Schools for the Adults No access Pages 143 - 148
22 Choosing High Administrative Costs No access Pages 149 - 152
23 Inside Job: Real Estate Acquisitions No access Pages 153 - 156
24 Charter Law in Arizona No access Pages 157 - 163
25 Stand and Deliver: Probe Vertically, See Horizontally No access Pages 164 - 167
26 Ideals versus Ideology No access Pages 168 - 171
27 Situational Ethics No access Pages 172 - 180
28 Overspending of Revenues AKA Net Losses No access Pages 181 - 184
29 Opportunism No access Pages 185 - 191
30 A Unique Meta-Analysis of the Financial Data No access Pages 192 - 197
31 Behavior Can Be Regulated No access Pages 198 - 205
32 The Essential Questions No access Pages 206 - 210
33 Money Talks No access Pages 211 - 219
34 Conclusions and Recommendations for Action No access Pages 220 - 232
Addendum A Access to Source Data No access Pages 233 - 234
Limited Bibliography No access Pages 235 - 236
Index No access Pages 237 - 250
About the Author No access Pages 251 - 252