The Choice Controversy
Peter W. Cookson(Editor)
Corwin Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 1992
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-8039-6029-9 (ISBN)
Description
Parents and teachers across America are taking sides on the `choice' controversy. With this plan, parents recieve tuition `vouchers' from local governments allowing them to send their children to the state or private school of their choice.
The Choice Controversy addresses the critical questions in this hotly contested debate: what does choice mean in a democratic society? Will choice lead to higher student achievement and better schools? In addition, new data from experiments with choice plans in other countries are brought to the debate in the US.
The Choice Controversy addresses the critical questions in this hotly contested debate: what does choice mean in a democratic society? Will choice lead to higher student achievement and better schools? In addition, new data from experiments with choice plans in other countries are brought to the debate in the US.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
571 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-6029-9 (9780803960299)
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Peter W. Cookson, Jr. is the founder of Ideas without Borders, a Washington DC-based educational consulting firm focusing on human rights and 21st century learning. A sociologist of education he has taught and held leadership positions at several leading colleges and universities including Teachers College, Columbia University.
After working as a case worker in New York City, Cookson started his teaching career as a fifth grade social studies and English teacher in rural New England. He writes extensively on the topics of equality of educational opportunity, 21st century learning, and school choice. Some of his works include School Choice: The Struggle for the Soul of American Education (Yale University Press), Expect Miracles: Charter Schools and the Politics of Hope and Despair (Westview Press) and What Would Socrates Say? in Educational Leadership.
He holds a doctorate in the sociology of education from New York University and a master's degree from Yale Divinity School, where he held the Katsuso Miho Scholarship in Peacemaking.
After working as a case worker in New York City, Cookson started his teaching career as a fifth grade social studies and English teacher in rural New England. He writes extensively on the topics of equality of educational opportunity, 21st century learning, and school choice. Some of his works include School Choice: The Struggle for the Soul of American Education (Yale University Press), Expect Miracles: Charter Schools and the Politics of Hope and Despair (Westview Press) and What Would Socrates Say? in Educational Leadership.
He holds a doctorate in the sociology of education from New York University and a master's degree from Yale Divinity School, where he held the Katsuso Miho Scholarship in Peacemaking.
Content
PART ONE: DEMOCRACY, CHOICE AND MARKETS
Choice Orientations, Discussions and Prospects - Mary Anne Raywid
Minerva and the Market - Kevin J Dougherty and Lizabeth Sostre
The Sources of the Movement for School Choice
Choice - Jeffrey Kane
The Fundamentals Revisited
Do Parents Choose School Quality or School Status? A Sociological Theory of Free Market Education - Amy Stuart Wells and Robert L Crain
The Ideology of Consumership and the Coming Deregulation of the Public School System - Peter W Cookson Jr
PART TWO: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE
Public Subsidies for Private Schools - What Do We Know and How to Proceed? - John F Witte
Do Private Schools Outperform Public Schools? - Albert Shanker and Bella Rosenberg
Private Citizenship and School Choice - Michael Johanek
Dutch Experience with School Choice - Frank Brown
Implications for American Education
Issues of Choice - Stephen B Lawton
Canadian and American Perspectives
Choice Orientations, Discussions and Prospects - Mary Anne Raywid
Minerva and the Market - Kevin J Dougherty and Lizabeth Sostre
The Sources of the Movement for School Choice
Choice - Jeffrey Kane
The Fundamentals Revisited
Do Parents Choose School Quality or School Status? A Sociological Theory of Free Market Education - Amy Stuart Wells and Robert L Crain
The Ideology of Consumership and the Coming Deregulation of the Public School System - Peter W Cookson Jr
PART TWO: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE
Public Subsidies for Private Schools - What Do We Know and How to Proceed? - John F Witte
Do Private Schools Outperform Public Schools? - Albert Shanker and Bella Rosenberg
Private Citizenship and School Choice - Michael Johanek
Dutch Experience with School Choice - Frank Brown
Implications for American Education
Issues of Choice - Stephen B Lawton
Canadian and American Perspectives