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Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
The issues and arguments surrounding school choice are sometimes hijacked to make political points about government control, democratic ideals, the public good, and privatization. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, David Garcia avoids partisan arguments to offer an accessible, objective, and comprehensive guide to school choice. He first outlines the different types of school choice, including home schooling, private schools,...
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 452 pages)
Language
English
Description
In this book Terry Moe takes a penetrating look at the school voucher movement and its growing challenge to the traditional system of American education. Schools, vouchers, and the American public examines the democratic foundations of the voucher issue, what they mean for the kinds of political coalitions that are likely to form and the kinds of proposals that are likely to win-and what all this implies for the role that vouchers will play in the...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume)
Language
English
Description
If free market advocates had total control over education policy, would the shared public system of education collapse? Would school choice revitalize schooling with its innovative force? With proliferating charters and voucher schemes, would the United States finally make a dramatic break with its past and expand parental choice? Those are not only the wrong questions - they're the wrong premises, argue philosopher Sigal R. Ben-Porath and historian...
15) Rhetoric versus reality: what we know and what we need to know about vouchers and charter schools
Publisher
Rand Education
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxv, 266 pages)
Language
English
Description
Widespread dissatisfaction with our nation's public education system has led to proposals for a variety of reforms to improve educational outcomes. One highly controversial proposal would provide financial grants, or "vouchers," for use at any public or private school. Another, more politically popular proposal would establish "charter" schools, funded by public money and approved by a public agency but operating outside the traditional system of...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 380 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson Elementary, a public school down the street from her Oakland home. She learned that White families in their gentrifying neighborhood largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated school. As she began asking why, a journey of a thousand moral miles began. Learning in Public is the story, not just Courtney's journey, but a whole...
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