School choice and diversity : what the evidence says / Janelle T. Scott, editor ; foreword by Henry M. Levin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scott, Janelle T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School choice--United States--Congresses.

School choice.

Segregation in education--United States--Congresses.

Segregation in education.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 181 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2005]

Contents:

Introduction: the context of school choice and student diversity / Janelle T. Scott

Why are schools racially segregated? Implications for school choice policies / Hamilton Lankford and James Wyckoff

Choosing integration / Jay P. Greene

Private school racial enrollments and segregation / John T. Yun and Sean F. Reardon

Where school desegregation and school choice policies collide: voluntary transfer plans and controlled choice / Amy Stuart Wells and Robert L. Crain

An examination of charter school equity / Carol Ascher and Nathalis Wamba

Steering toward separation: the policy and legal implications of "counseling" special education students away from charter schools / Kevin G. Welner and Kenneth R. Howe

Single-sex public schooling as a new form of choice: implications for diversity / Amanda Datnow, Lea Hubbard, and Elisabeth Woody

Are choice, diversity, equity, and excellence possible?: Early evidence from post-Swann Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, 2002-2004 / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson

Conclusion: envisioning school choice options that also attend to student diversity / Janelle T. Scott.

Notes:

"Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education (NCSPE) at Teachers College, Columbia University"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807745995

OCLC:

58975831