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A Public School of Your Own : Your Guide to Creating and Running a Charter School
Source: Amazon/Adams Pomeroy Press
Author: Catherine Blakemore
Country: United States

A step-by-step approach to starting a charter school. (Pb, 227p, 1998, Amazon Price $19.51)

How to Create Alternative, Magnet, & Charter Schools That Work
Source: Amazon/National Educational Service
Author: Robert D. Barr and William H. Parrett
Country: United States

The 10 essential elements of a successful alternative school; 64 evaluation criteria for assessing your school; the 13 most frequently asked questions regarding alternative schools, answered. Lists 100 outstanding charter and other alternative schools. (pb, 235p, 1997, Amazon price: $24.95)

Charter Schools : Creating Hope and Opportunity for American Education
Source: Amazon/Jossey-Bass
Author: Joe Nathan
Country: United States

An introduction and overview of the charter schools movement -- what they are, how they've evolved, how they function. (pb, 288p., 1999, Amazon price $15.30)

Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education
Source: Amazon.com/Princeton University Press
Author: Chester E. Finn Jr., et al.
Country: United States

"The most authoritative account yet of the American charter schools movement. It is wide-ranging in scope, brimming with important new data, beautifully written and argued, and crafted with insight and intelligence."--Terry M. Moe, Stanford University (288p., hc, 2000, Amazon price: $19.57)

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