School choice or best systems : what improves education? / edited by Margaret C. Wang, Herbert J. Walberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wang, Margaret C.

Walberg, Herbert J., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School choice--United States.

School choice.

United States.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

School improvement programs--United States--Case studies.

School improvement programs.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 400 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

Summary:

Overview of research on & practical applications of school reforms related to school choice (including charter schools & traditional private/parochial schools) & "best systems" (school reform initiatives & new systems of education developed).

Contents:

1. Understanding Market-Based School Reform / Herbert J. Walberg, Joseph L. Bast 3

2. Chartered Governance of Urban Public Schools / Bruno V. Manno 39

3. Private Vouchers: Politics and Evidence / Terry M. Moe 67

4. School Choice Experiments in Urban Education / Paul E. Peterson 127

5. Integrated Governance in Chicago and Birmingham (UK) / Kenneth K. Wong 161

6. Turning Around Low-Performing Schools: The Case of the Washington, DC Schools / Margaret C. Wang, JoAnn Manning 213

7. Redefining Success: The San Antonio Case / Diana Lam 251

8. Strategies for Reforming Houston Schools / Rod Paige, Susan Sclafani 289

9. Incentive Effects New York's Minimum Competency Exams / John H. Bishop, Ferran Mane 323

10. Contracted Solutions to Urban Education Problems / James W. Guthrie 357.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805834869

0805834877

OCLC:

45583517