Week 3 Blog Post- This Week's Research (Books)

The research that I conducted this week allowed me to look more into the subject of the effectiveness of charter schools. The book I found was really interesting because it provided not only information about the history of charter schools, but also interviews and a look into various charter schools in the United States. I am going to read the book more in depth when I start to write my paper. The particular book that I found was written for parents to look into whether charter school education is better than traditional public schools so it provides a lot of information to the pro side of the argument. Many of the other sources I found are quick to write against the different way of schooling. The research led me to learn more about the positives and effectiveness of charter schools. I really like this book because it gives information aimed at parents so it is really well written and thought out. It provides research on all different perspectives of the argument. I was able to find this source on Google Scholar so it was not as hard as I expected it to be. Google Scholar is a great research tool because it provides books, articles, and scholarly journals.

I did not use any new strategies when it came to looking for books versus research articles. I really like using Google Scholar because it states whether a source is a book or article. I used my research term from the previous week (“charter schools”) to find the book that I used for this week. Like any research when searching for books, I found it difficult to find ebooks that provide enough information and does not have a lot of it cut out. I am hoping to find more information about charter schools and the effectiveness. Like I stated above, many sources provide arguments against charter schools. I am really interested to see what my research comes to in terms of answering my research question. I hope I will be able to find enough articles and books about my topic.