Chartering the Village: The Making of an African-Centered Charter School.

Murrell, Peter C., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ578787

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Chartering the Village: The Making of an African-Centered Charter School.

Murrell, Peter C., Jr.

Urban Education, v33 n5 p565-83 Jan 1999

Describes a five-year ethnographic study of an African-centered charter school to determine the pedagogical theory undergirding the school's development and maintenance. The analysis reveals an absence of coherence in the community of teachers about the ethos of the school. (SLD)

Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Education, Case Studies, Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Principles, Elementary Education, Ethnography, Program Development, School Choice, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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