02675cam a2200313 i 4500001000700000003000800007005001700015007000300032008004100035010001700076020002900093020002600122040001300148041000800161050002700169082001500196100002300211245009500234264004100329300005300370504005100423505013800474520138900612650003602001650004002037650005702077776014302134856008402277125870BJBSDDR20240117112707.0ta140314s2014    caua     b    001 0 eng    a  2014006767  a9781118607640 (hardback)  a1118607643 (hardback)  cDLCbeng  aeng14aLB 2806.36bW615o 201400a371.0509731 aWhitmire, Richard.10aOn the rocketship :bhow top charter schools are pushing the envelope /cRichard Whitmire. 1aSan Francisco :bJossey-Bass,c2014.  aix, 334 pages : bcolor illustrations ; c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe players
The startup years
The growth years
The push to expand outside San Jose
The future of rocketship and other high performers  a"Veteran journalist Richard Whitmire follows Rocketship through the school year and into the following year, when the nationally acclaimed charter school network launches new schools in Milwaukee. While Rocketship's story provides the narrative spine, the book also covers developments as other high quality charter organizations bid to reshape urban education in America. In 2012, charter school students made up only 5 percent of the total student population, but those numbers were growing fast and have huge impacts in the urban areas. As The New York Times recently pointed out, charter enrollment explains most of the enrollment declines in traditional schools in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles.In this book, Whitmire will also explore one core innovation at Rocketship: its successful blended learning program. Rocketship's Learning Lab is where students spend two hours a day in computer-driven instruction powered by carefully selected software. This "blended learning" approach--Learning Lab blended with in-class instruction where teachers coordinate closely with the Lab--cuts expenses by 25 percent. Rocketship uses that extra money to fund longer school hours and higher teacher salaries. Today many schools around the country look to Rocketship as a model for using blended learning (many try to use blended learning, but few succeed)"--cProvided by publisher. 0aCharter schoolszUnited States. 4aEscuelas chárter zEstados Unidos 0aCharter schoolszWisconsinzMilwaukeevCase studies.08iOnline version:aWhitmire, Richard.tOn the rocketshipbFirst edition.dSan Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2014z9781118611265w(DLC) 2014013693423Cover imageuhttp://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9781118607640.jpg