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Article: INSIDE CHARTER SCHOOLS: The Paradox of Radical Decentralization.(Review)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- April 1, 2001
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INSIDE CHARTER SCHOOLS: The Paradox of Radical Decentralization edited by Bruce Fuller Harvard University Press, $29.95
Uncharted Waters
IN THE SUMMER OF 1997, AS COOL wisps of fog swept across Berkeley's warm hillsides, Bruce Fuller kindly agreed to come indoors and host a week-long summit conference on charter schools. Fuller is an associate professor of education and public policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has a sharp eye for the contradictions in education policy and a well-developed sense of humor, which he needed once the conference got underway.
After presenting what he thought was an even-handed account of the ...