Learning from school choice

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Learning from school choice

Paul E. Peterson and Bryan C. Hassel, editors

Brookings Institution, c1998

  • : pbk
  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • School choice : a report card / Paul E. Peterson
  • The case for charter schools / Bryan C. Hassel
  • Governance and educational quality / John E. Brandl
  • Civic values in public and private schools / Jay P. Greene
  • Policy churn and the plight of urban school reform / Frederick M. Hess
  • Competition among school districts / Caroline M. Hoxby
  • Interdistrict choice in Massachusetts / David L. Armour and Brett M. Peiser
  • Charter schools as seen by students, teachers, and parents / Gregg Vanourek ... [et al.]
  • Lessons from the Edison Project / John Chubb
  • Charter schools : politics and practice in four states / Bryan C. Hassel
  • Private vouchers in San Antonio / R. Kenneth Godwin, Frank Kemerer, and Valerie Martinez
  • Evidence from the Indianapolis voucher program / David J. Weinschrott and Sally B. Kilgore
  • School choice in Milwaukee : a randomized experiment / Jay P. Greene, Paul E. Peterson, and Jiangtao Du
  • Lessons from the Cleveland scholarship program / Jay P. Greene, William Howell, and Paul E. Peterson
  • Why parents should choose / Stephen G. Gilles
  • School choice and state constitutional law / Joseph P. Viteritti

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While educators, parents and policymakers are still debating the pros and cons of school choice, it is now possible to learn from choice experiments in public, private, and charter schools across the country. This book examines the evidence from these early school choice programs and looks at the larger implications of choice and competition in education. Paul Peterson makes a strong case for school choice in central cities, and coeditor Bryan Hassel offers the case for charter schools. John E. Brandl offers his vision of school governance in the next century. The book's other contributors--economists, political scientists, and education specialists--provide case studies of the experience with voucher programs in Indianapolis, San Antonio, Cleveland, and Milwaukee; survey charter schools; analyze public school choice; discuss constitutional issues; and study the effects of private education on democratic values. Contributors include David J. Armor, George Mason University; Chester E. Finn Jr. and Bruno V. Manno, Hudson Institute; Caroline M. Hoxby, Harvard University; Brett M. Peiser, Partnerships in Learning; and Joseph P. Viteritti, New York University.

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