Contains fifteen essays that provide varying perspectives on issues regarding charter schools debating if they threaten the public education system their regulation funding the achievement gap and other topics. Editor Diane Andrews Henningfeld has assembled fifteen essays that provide varying perspectives on issues regarding charter schools. Readers will learn whether charter schools threaten the public education system whether charter schools need more regulation whether student achievement is actually enhanced and whether the charter movement is a broken promise. Essay sources include the Education Week Research Center the New York State PTA and the New York State United Teachers organization.