Robert Fox, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Hawaii, is Chair of the American Education Research Association’s School Choice Special Interest Group, a Consulting Editor of the Journal of School Choice and co-Chairs the International Research Conference on School Choice and Reform which takes place every January in Florida.Nina Buchanan, an educational psychologist, is a Professor Emerita from the University of Hawaii. She has taught in grades kindergarten through graduate school students and is a founder of the West Hawaii Explorations Academy Public Charter School, a distinguished award-winning grades 6 - 12 school situated in the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii. She is a nationally recognized expert who has published articles on school choice, project-based learning and gifted and talented education.

• IntroductionThe Growth of Ethnocentric Charter SchoolsRobert A. Fox and Nina K. BuchananChapter OneKua O Ka La: A Hawaiian Culturally-Focused Charter SchoolNina K. Buchanan, Robert A. Fox, Susan L. Osborne and C. Puanani WilhelmChapter TwoRestoring Native American Culture and Language through Public EducationMark BlitzChapter ThreeA Model for Educating African-American StudentsTanikiaa Orange and Sharroky HollieChapter FourA Case Study of Helenic Classical Charter SchoolCharisse GulosinoChapter FiveImmigrant Advantage: What Makes Does Science Academy Fly?Robert Maranto, Kaan Camuz and John FranklinChapter SixA Somali School in MinneapolisLetitia E. Basford and Heather Megarry TraegerChapter SevenA New Approach to Educating Latino English Language LearnersBrenda Martinez and Mark BlitzChapter EightEthnocentric Niche Charter Schools: A View Through Legal and Policy LensesSuzanne E. Eckes and Kari A. M. Carr

Bob Fox and Nina Buchanan have penned an intriguing and useful new book on a rarely-examined dimension of charter schooling, offering a thoughtful look at schools that celebrate a particular ethic, culture, or linguistic heritage. Building on a decade of their own inquiry, they explain how these schools fit within the larger framework of charter school policy and the tensions that can ensue. This is a volume that points to both the possibilities and some of the attendant challenges posed by the charter model and that promises to be invaluable reading for those engaged in charter school practice, policy, or authorizing.

Robert Fox, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Hawaii, is Chair of the American Education Research Association’s School Choice Special Interest Group, a Consulting Editor of the Journal of School Choice and co-Chairs the International Research Conference on School Choice and Reform which takes place every January in Florida.Nina Buchanan, an educational psychologist, is a Professor Emerita from the University of Hawaii. She has taught in grades kindergarten through graduate school students and is a founder of the West Hawaii Explorations Academy Public Charter School, a distinguished award-winning grades 6 - 12 school situated in the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii. She is a nationally recognized expert who has published articles on school choice, project-based learning and gifted and talented education.

• IntroductionThe Growth of Ethnocentric Charter SchoolsRobert A. Fox and Nina K. BuchananChapter OneKua O Ka La: A Hawaiian Culturally-Focused Charter SchoolNina K. Buchanan, Robert A. Fox, Susan L. Osborne and C. Puanani WilhelmChapter TwoRestoring Native American Culture and Language through Public EducationMark BlitzChapter ThreeA Model for Educating African-American StudentsTanikiaa Orange and Sharroky HollieChapter FourA Case Study of Helenic Classical Charter SchoolCharisse GulosinoChapter FiveImmigrant Advantage: What Makes Does Science Academy Fly?Robert Maranto, Kaan Camuz and John FranklinChapter SixA Somali School in MinneapolisLetitia E. Basford and Heather Megarry TraegerChapter SevenA New Approach to Educating Latino English Language LearnersBrenda Martinez and Mark BlitzChapter EightEthnocentric Niche Charter Schools: A View Through Legal and Policy LensesSuzanne E. Eckes and Kari A. M. Carr

Bob Fox and Nina Buchanan have penned an intriguing and useful new book on a rarely-examined dimension of charter schooling, offering a thoughtful look at schools that celebrate a particular ethic, culture, or linguistic heritage. Building on a decade of their own inquiry, they explain how these schools fit within the larger framework of charter school policy and the tensions that can ensue. This is a volume that points to both the possibilities and some of the attendant challenges posed by the charter model and that promises to be invaluable reading for those engaged in charter school practice, policy, or authorizing.

Robert Fox, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Hawaii, is Chair of the American Education Research Association’s School Choice Special Interest Group, a Consulting Editor of the Journal of School Choice and co-Chairs the International Research Conference on School Choice and Reform which takes place every January in Florida.Nina Buchanan, an educational psychologist, is a Professor Emerita from the University of Hawaii. She has taught in grades kindergarten through graduate school students and is a founder of the West Hawaii Explorations Academy Public Charter School, a distinguished award-winning grades 6 - 12 school situated in the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii. She is a nationally recognized expert who has published articles on school choice, project-based learning and gifted and talented education.

• IntroductionThe Growth of Ethnocentric Charter SchoolsRobert A. Fox and Nina K. BuchananChapter OneKua O Ka La: A Hawaiian Culturally-Focused Charter SchoolNina K. Buchanan, Robert A. Fox, Susan L. Osborne and C. Puanani WilhelmChapter TwoRestoring Native American Culture and Language through Public EducationMark BlitzChapter ThreeA Model for Educating African-American StudentsTanikiaa Orange and Sharroky HollieChapter FourA Case Study of Helenic Classical Charter SchoolCharisse GulosinoChapter FiveImmigrant Advantage: What Makes Does Science Academy Fly?Robert Maranto, Kaan Camuz and John FranklinChapter SixA Somali School in MinneapolisLetitia E. Basford and Heather Megarry TraegerChapter SevenA New Approach to Educating Latino English Language LearnersBrenda Martinez and Mark BlitzChapter EightEthnocentric Niche Charter Schools: A View Through Legal and Policy LensesSuzanne E. Eckes and Kari A. M. Carr

Bob Fox and Nina Buchanan have penned an intriguing and useful new book on a rarely-examined dimension of charter schooling, offering a thoughtful look at schools that celebrate a particular ethic, culture, or linguistic heritage. Building on a decade of their own inquiry, they explain how these schools fit within the larger framework of charter school policy and the tensions that can ensue. This is a volume that points to both the possibilities and some of the attendant challenges posed by the charter model and that promises to be invaluable reading for those engaged in charter school practice, policy, or authorizing.