Abstract: This article examines the history and current state of politics surrounding charter schooling and examines the key players and their opposing perspectives. It addresses the politics of charter funding/financing, state caps on the number/types of charter schools permitted, parental choice, unions, education management organizations, and existing charter school research. The author concludes that the growth of the charter school movement will be shaped not by the effect of charter schools on student achievement, but rather by the values, self-interest, mobilization efforts, and lobbying power of the various participants in the charter school political arena.
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