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Charter schools are among the most debated and least understood phenomena in American education today. At the heart of these matters is a contested question of accountability.

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Every year, in one out of three big cities, the school superintendent leaves his or her job, sending local community leaders back to square one.

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Mayoral takeovers of big city public education systems are desperation measures. After decades of decline in school quality, something must be done to make sure city children learn enough to function as adults in American society.

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Bringing change to our public school system is hard, and the current system of education governance creates barriers that can make that reform even harder.

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Deficient urban schooling remains one of America's most pressing - and stubborn - public policy problems. This important new book details and evaluates a radical and promising new approach to K-12 education reform. Strife and Progress explains for a broad audience the ""portfolio strategy"" for providing urban education - its rationale, implementation, and results.