CATO is hosting an event this Friday that will seek to answer the question: Can the Nation's Best Charter Schools Be Brought to Scale? More details here, but the book forum will feature Ben Chavis, founder of the American Indian Public Charter School and author of Crazy Like a Fox, along with Washington Post Columnist Jay Mathews, whose book Work Hard, Be Nice tells the story of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP).
CATO says the event will be "a conversation about two of America's most striking models of educational excellence, and the prospects for bringing them to a mass audience." Andrew Coulson will moderate. Coulson is director of Cato's Center for Educational Freedom and author of Market Education: The Unknown History.
The event sounds quite interesting. And.......if you're looking for more info on both the American Indian Public Charter and KIPP, check out Fordham's book Sweating the Small Stuff, published last year. It includes chapters about both!