John Merrifield, Nathan Gray

Unproductive School Choice Debates

All Sides Assert Much That Is Wrong, Misleading, or Irrelevant

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book asserts a controversial proposition: that a system dominated by attendance-zoned, political process managed, uniformly comprehensive mega-schools (TPS) cannot adequately address unique educational needs and interests.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781475870923
• ISBN-10: 1475870922
• Artikelnr.: 67410932

Autorenporträt

John Merrifield, Professor of Economics (35 years), Emeritus now heads the new think tank, the Institute for Objective Policy Assessment. He published 55 journal articles, and several books including the critically acclaimed The School Choice Wars (2001).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Terry Moe
Preface: Still a 'Nation at Risk'
Memorial to Seymour Sarason
Part I: Key Underlying Factors
Introduction
1. Elements of an Open Education Industry
2. Hyped Experiments in Near Irrelevance
3. Chartered Public Schools - Mostly Chance, Not Choice
Part II: Issues in the Debate Over Parental Choice Expansion
4. Fallacies About School Choice
5. Government Regulation Issues
6. The Neglect of Costs
7. Fund Children or Institutions?
8. Federal, State, and Local Roles and Perspectives
9. Equity and Equality
10. Diversity Issues
Part III. Strategic and Tactical Issues
11. Important Policy Choices
12. Strategic and Tactical Mistakes
13. Teachers
14. Outlook and Political Strategy
Bibliography
Index