Rethinking School Choice
Limits of the Market Metaphor
1st Edition
Published on 24. July 1995
312 pages
978-1-4008-2103-7 (ISBN)
Description
Advocates of school vouchers and other choice proposals couch their arguments in the fashionable language of economic theory. Choice initiatives at all levels of government have succeeded, it is claimed, because they shift responsibility for education reform from government to market forces. This timely book disputes the appropriateness of the market metaphor as a guide to education policy.
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Edition
With a New afterword by the author
Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton, NJ
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
1,24 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4008-2103-7 (9781400821037)
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08/1995
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Person
Jeffrey R. Henig is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Washington Area Studies at George Washington University. His other books include Public Policy and Federalism: Issues in State and Local Politics.
Content
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Ch. 1 The Call for Choice and Radical Reform 3
Ch. 2 The Political Meaning of "Crisis" 26
Ch. 3 Application of the Market Model 57
Ch. 4 Repackaging Choice 78
Ch. 5 Evolving Practice: Problematic Lessons from History 101
Ch. 6 Uses of Evidence: The Empirical Case that "Choice Works" 117
Ch. 7 Reinterpreting the Lessons of Experience 149
Ch. 8 How Market-Based Plans Will Fail 174
Ch. 9 Putting Educational Choice in Its Place 196
Afterword 223
Notes 243
Index 291
Preface
Ch. 1 The Call for Choice and Radical Reform 3
Ch. 2 The Political Meaning of "Crisis" 26
Ch. 3 Application of the Market Model 57
Ch. 4 Repackaging Choice 78
Ch. 5 Evolving Practice: Problematic Lessons from History 101
Ch. 6 Uses of Evidence: The Empirical Case that "Choice Works" 117
Ch. 7 Reinterpreting the Lessons of Experience 149
Ch. 8 How Market-Based Plans Will Fail 174
Ch. 9 Putting Educational Choice in Its Place 196
Afterword 223
Notes 243
Index 291
