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This guide is for those beginning research on alternative forms of educations such as charter schools, private schools, homeschooling, and school vouchers.

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Background information

Alternative schools : a reference handbook / Brenda Edgerton Conley.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC46.4 .C66 2002
Handbook of research on school choice / editors, Mark Berends ... [et al.] ; Ann Primus, Vanderbilt managing editor.
New York : Routledge, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027.9 .H344 2009
School vouchers and privatization : a reference handbook / Danny Weil.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2828.8 .W45 2002
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education / Editor, James A. Banks, University of Washington.
Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LC1099 .E38 2012 V.1
"The major aim of this encyclopedia is to describe the most important concepts, theories, research, policies, case studies, and programs at the pre-school through the postsecondary levels and their implications for educational reform. Diversity is defined broadly in this encyclopedia and includes race, ethnicity, social class, gender, sexual orientation (LGBT), religion, language, and exceptionality, which encompasses giftedness and disability." p. xlviii

New books

Non-formal education in Nigeria : policy issues and practice.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC45.8 .N6 N66 2010 F
School choice, ethnic divisions, and symbolic boundaries / Stefan Lund (Associate Professor, Linnaeus University, Sweden).
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027.9 .L86 2015
Trendsetting charter schools : raising the bar for civic education / edited by Gary J. Schmitt and Cheryl Miller.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .T74 2015
Documenting and assessing learning in informal and media-rich environments / Jay Lemke, Robert Lecusay, Michael Cole, and Vera Michalchik.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC45.4 .L46 2015
International perspectives on home education : do we still need schools? / edited by Paula Rothermel.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC40 .I59 2015
Race to the bottom : corporate school reform and the future of public education / Michael V. McGill.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA217.2 .M398 2015
A smarter charter : finding what works for charter schools and public education / Richard D. Kahlenberg and Halley Potter.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .K35 2014
Learning in and across contexts : reimagining education / Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, editor.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » 370.6 .N28 V.113:PT.2
God, schools, and government funding : First Amendment conundrums / Laurence H. Winer, Nina J. Crimm.
Law Library (Crown) » Stacks 1 » KF4124 .W56 2015
New and better schools : the supply side of school choice / Michael Q. McShane.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027.9 .M399 2015
Culture and structure at a military charter school : from school ground to battle ground / Brooke Johnson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .J64 2014
Co-operation, learning and co-operative values : contemporary issues in education / edited by Tom Woodin.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1049 .C6 2015
The urban challenge in education : the story of charter school successes in Los Angeles / Joseph Scollo, Donna Stevens, and Ellen Pomella.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .S36 2015
The school choice journey : school vouchers and the empowerment of urban families / Thomas Stewart and Patrick J. Wolf ; foreword by Joe Lieberman.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2828.8 .S84 2014
On the rocketship : how top charter schools are pushing the envelope / Richard Whitmire.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .W545 2014
Our school : searching for community in the era of choice / Sam Chaltain ; foreword by Sir Ken Robinson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA255 .C487 2014
Charter schools, race, and urban space : where the market meets grassroots resistance / Kristen L. Buras.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .B86 2015
School choice : a balanced approach / William H. Jeynes.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027.9 .J49 2014
Rebuilding schools for students : let the change begin / Darlene Leiding.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA217.2 .L443 2014
Proud to be different : ethnocentric niche charter schools in America / edited by Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .P76 2014
Re-engaging young people in education : learning from alternative schools / Martin Mills and Glenda McGregor.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC46.8 .A788 M55 2014
Lost classroom, lost community : Catholic schools' importance in urban America / Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC501 .B585 2014
Out of the shadows : The global intensification of supplementary education / edited by Janice Aurini, Scott Davies, Julian Dierkes.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC189.8 .I57 V.22
Enter the alternative school : critical answers to questions in urban education / Alia R. Tyner-Mullings.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC5131 .T96 2014
Choices and challenges : charter school performance in perspective / Priscilla Wohlstetter, Joanna Smith, Caitlin C. Farrell.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .W64 2013
Private enterprise and public education / edited by Frederick M. Hess, Michael B. Horn.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA217.2 .P69 2013
Charter school leadership : elements for school success / Cameron Curry.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .C87 2013
Leaving to learn : how out-of-school learning increases student engagement and reduces dropout rates / Elliot Washor, Charles Mojkowski.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA222 .W34 2013
The seeds we planted : portraits of a native Hawaiian charter school / Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua.
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .G68 2013

Journals

Education and urban society.
Beverly Hills, Sage Publications.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
The Educational forum.
[Menasha, Wis., The Executive Council of Kappa Delta Pi, 1936-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.5 .E23 V.71 2006/2007

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related databases

PAIS international in print.
New York, N.Y. : Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., 1991-
Green Library » InfoCenter (non-circulating) » Z7163 .P3 V.24 PT.2 2015
Indexes selected books, government documents, and periodical articles on contemporary public issues and the making of public policy.

Websites

California Department of Education

Home page for the California Department of Education.

California Law - Education Code

Official site for California law.

National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education

"The Center provides independent, non-partisan information on and analysis of privatization in education. The Center's program includes research, evaluation, conferences, publications, and dissemination on a full range of issues regarding privatization of education from pre-school to higher education, both national and international."

National Center on School Choice (Vanderbilt University)

"Since 2004, the National Center on School Choice (NCSC) has been doing research on how school choice affects individuals, communities, and systems. Our work takes place across multiple disciplines and methodologies, and our aim is simple: to provide national intellectual leadership on the study of school choice in all its forms."