School choice tradeoffs : liberty, equity, and diversity / R. Kenneth Godwin and Frank R. Kemerer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godwin, R. Kenneth.

Contributor:

Kemerer, Frank R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School choice--United States.

School choice.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Educational policy in a democracy goes beyond teaching literacy and numeracy. It also supports teaching moral reasoning, political tolerance, respect for diversity, and citizenship. Education policy should encourage liberty and equality of opportunity, hold educational institutions accountable, and be efficient. School Choice Tradeoffs examines the tradeoffs among these goals when government affords parents the means to select the schools their children attend. Godwin and Kemerer compare current policy that uses family residence to assign students to schools with alternative policies that range from expanding public choice options to school vouchers. They identify the benefits and costs of each policy approach through a review of past empirical literature, the presentation of new empirical work, and legal and philosophic analysis. The authors offer a balanced perspective that goes beyond rhetoric and ideology to offer policymakers and the public insight into the complex tradeoffs that are inherent in the design and implementation of school choice policies. While all policies create winners and losers, the key questions concern who these individuals are and how much they gain or lose. By placing school choice within a broader context, this book will stimulate reflective thought in all readers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. School Choice Options and Issues: An Overview

2. The Outcomes of School Choice Policies

3. Political Theory and School Choice

4. Parent Rights, School Choice, and Equality of Opportunity

5. Vouchers and Tax Benefits: Tradeoffs between Religious Freedom and Separation of Church and State

6. The Economics of Choice

7. School Choice Regulation: Accountability versus Autonomy

8. The Politics of Choice and a Proposed School Choice Policy

Notes

Selected References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-302) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79862-8

OCLC:

560320328