School choice and social justice
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School choice and social justice
Oxford University Press, 2000
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Bibliography : p. [211]-217
Includes index
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Description
School choice, the leading educational reform proposal in the English-speaking world, evokes extreme responses: its defenders present it as the saviour; its opponents as the deathnell of a fair educational system. Disagreement and vagueness about what constitutes social justice in education muddies the debate. The author, Mary Brigham, provides a theory of justice for education, arguing that justice requires that all children have a real opportunity to become autonomous persons, and that the state use a criterion of educational equality for deploying educational resources. Through systematic presentation of empirical evidence, the author argues that existing schemes do not fare well against the criterion of social justice, yet this need not impugn school choice. Brigham offers a school choice proposal that could implement social justice and explains why other essential educational reforms can be compatible with choice.
Table of Contents
- 1. Liberal Theory and Educational Policy
- 2. The Case for Choice
- 3. Three Red Herrings
- 4. The Case for Autonomy-Facilitating Education
- 5. Objections to Autonomy-Facilitating Education
- 6. The Case for Educational Equality
- 7. Objections to Educational Equality
- 8. Social Justice and Actually-Existing School Choice
- 9. School Choice For Social Justice?
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