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Empowering the poor : why justice requires school choice / David B. Van Heemst.
Van Pelt Library LB1027.9 .V38 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Heemst, David, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School choice--United States.
- School choice.
- Poor--Education.
- Poor.
- United States.
- Poor--Education--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 219 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2004.
- Summary:
- Do vouchers offer real hope for economically disadvantaged students in American schools? David Van Heemst contends that school choice will give every parent, a voucher to select their child's school.
- Contents:
- How are the poor doing in our current U.S. system?
- Justice : a philosophy of empowering all parents
- The Supreme Court aids the poor
- Elements of a good school-choice plan
- What is happening in the United States with school choice?
- The poor benefit from school choice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1578861195
- OCLC:
- 53951094
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