| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 315 pages) : illustrations |
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School choice options and issues : an overview -- The outcomes of school choice policies -- Political theory and school choice / coauthor: Richard Ruderman -- Parent rights, school choice, and equality of opportunity / coauthor: Jennifer L. Kemerer -- Vouchers and tax benefits: tradeoffs between religious freedom and separation of church and state -- The economics of choice -- School choice regulation: accountability versus autonomy -- The politics of choice and a proposed school choice policy |
| Summary |
Educational policy in a democracy goes beyond teaching literacy and numeracy. It also supports teaching moral reasoning, political tolerance, respect for diversity, and citizenship. Education policy should encourage liberty and equality of opportunity, hold educational institutions accountable, and be efficient. School choice tradeoffs examines the tradeoffs among these goals when government affords parents the means to select the schools their children attend. Godwin and Kemerer compare current policy that uses family residence to assign students to schools with alternative policies that range from expanding public choice options to school vouchers. They identify the benefits and costs of each policy approach through a review of past empirical literature, the presentation of new empirical work, and legal and philosophic analysis. The authors offer a balanced perspective that goes beyond rhetoric and ideology to offer policymakers and the public insight into the complex tradeoffs that are inherent in the design and implementation of school choice policies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards (nominated), 2002 |
| Subject |
School choice -- United States
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Education and state -- United States
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Educational equalization -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Finance.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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Education and state.
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Educational equalization.
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School choice.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kemerer, Frank R
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| ISBN |
0292798628 |
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9780292798625 |
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0292728425 |
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9780292728424 |
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