Rethinking school choice : limits of the market metaphor

Author(s)

• Henig, Jeffrey R.

Bibliographic Information

Rethinking school choice : limits of the market metaphor

Jeffrey R. Henig

（Princeton paperbacks）

Princeton University Press, 1995, c1994

[3rd printing]

• : pbk.

Note

"3rd printing, and 1st paperback printing., with new afterword, 1995."

Includes bibliographical notes (p. 243-289) and index

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and TablesPrefaceCh. 1The Call for Choice and Radical Reform3Ch. 2The Political Meaning of "Crisis"26Ch. 3Application of the Market Model57Ch. 4Repackaging Choice78Ch. 5Evolving Practice: Problematic Lessons from History101Ch. 6Uses of Evidence: The Empirical Case that "Choice Works"117Ch. 7Reinterpreting the Lessons of Experience149Ch. 8How Market-Based Plans Will Fail174Ch. 9Putting Educational Choice in Its Place196Afterword223Notes243Index291

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Details

• NCID: BA25924761
• ISBN:
  • 0691044724
• LCCN: 93005411
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Princeton, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 301 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LB1027.9
  • DC20 : 371/.01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : School choice -- United States
  • LCSH : Educational planning -- United States
  • LCSH : Educational change -- United States
  • LCSH : Education -- United States -- Marketing
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0032080X