Abstract:
Michael Mintrom and Sandra Vergari, Political Factors Shaping Charter School Laws. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 1997. The charter school idea has been diffusing rapidly across the United States. Since 1991, half the states have adopted charter school laws, and legislatures in many more have given the idea careful consideration. In this paper, we seek to reveal more about the political factors shaping charter school laws. ...