James R. Rinehart, Jackson F. Lee

American Education and the Dynamics of Choice

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This insightful look at American education explores difficult but realistic solutions to the education dilemma. Focusing on parent/student choice and the privatization/deregulation of public schools, Rinehart and Lee suggest that the lack of these two vital ingredients is the root cause of poor school performance. Any reform effort within the government-controlled education monopoly will inevitably fail because the present system ignores basic laws of human behavior--people want to operate in their own best interest and value most that over which they have direct control. The authors set out to prove that increased choice and unencumbered competition among schools result in dramatic educational improvement. Writing for the professional educator and the general reader, Rinehart and Lee view the American educational system from a provocative and new perspective. The book reveals many of the current problems with public schools and explores different types of choice systems. Rinehart and Lee achieve three main goals. They first demonstrate that public school systems consistently fail because of their failure to adhere to certain fundamental laws of human behavior. Second, they make a case that the current reform movement in education will fail or fall short of expectations. Finally, they propose challenging, realistic solutions that focus on educational choice and privatization of public schools. The authors point out that as a rule the more choice, the better. American Education and the Dynamics of Choice maintains that all public schools should be sold and parents should be given vouchers by the government permitting them to enroll their children in any private school they wish.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 375g
• ISBN-13: 9780275938239
• ISBN-10: 0275938239
• Artikelnr.: 25564589

Autorenporträt

Jackson Lee, James Rinehart

Inhaltsangabe

Preface What Is Happening to America's Schools? The Growing Interest in
Educational Choice Do We Really Need a Change? Critical Questions: Deciding
What We Want from Our Schools The Question of Limited Means The Question of
Individual Differences The Question of Individual Decision Making The
Question of Deciding How Much: Seeking the Optimum Level of Ignorance The
Question of How Education Should Be Produced: The Problem of Cost The
Question of Educational Quality: Can Government Provide It? Improving
Education Through Choice Putting Choice into the Educational System
Privatizing Public Schools: The Best Approach to Choice and Excellence
Common Criticisms of Privatization and Choice A Final Note References Index