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A COMMUNITY STRUGGLING TO CREATE A CHARTER SCHOOL:
A RURAL CASE STUDY
by
Katherine L. Hanson
________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2006
Copyright 2006 Katherine L. Hanson
Object Description
| Title | A community struggling to create a charter school: a rural case study |
| Author | Hanson, Katherine L. |
| Author email | Kathy.hanson@opm.gov |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2001-12-05 |
| Date submitted | 2006 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2006-12-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hentschke, Guilbert C. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wohlstetter, Penny Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Abstract | Charter schools have gained widespread support in the last decade as an alternative to traditional public education, but have been predominately serving urban communities. This study documents the unsuccessful efforts of a group of parents, teachers, and community members in rural southeastern Ohio to start a charter school in their county. The research covered a twenty-three month period, from fall of 1998 to fall of 2000, and focused on the factors that contributed to the group's failure to implement the community school plan. Qualitative data derived from personal interviews, recorded meetings, and public and private documents form the basis of the study. The results indicate that community and local board opposition were the two most significant barriers that impeded the success of the charter school project, while other factors such as lack of facilities, lack of start-up funds, restrictive state charter laws, and internal conflict presented minimal challenges. Recommendations for further research in the area of rural charter school development were based on these results. |
| Keyword | rural charter schools; charter school start-ups |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m216 |
| Rights | Hanson, Katherine L. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Hanson-20061205 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Hanson-20061205.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | A COMMUNITY STRUGGLING TO CREATE A CHARTER SCHOOL: A RURAL CASE STUDY by Katherine L. Hanson ________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2006 Copyright 2006 Katherine L. Hanson |
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