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Rhetoric versus reality : what we know and what we need to know about school vouchers
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Timpane, P. Michael, 1934-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charter schools.
- Educational vouchers.
- School choice.
- Educational vouchers--United States.
- Charter schools--United States.
- School choice--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Charter schools.
- Educational vouchers.
- School choice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The authors examine the evidence on vouchers in education. They consider how vouchers would affect the academic achievement of participating and non-participating students, which students might use vouchers, who would supply and regulate schooling, and how much a voucher system would cost.
- Contents:
- PREFACE; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter One FAMILY CHOICE AND THE COMMON SCHOOL; Chapter Two VOUCHERS AND CHARTERS IN POLICY AND PRACTICE; Chapter Three ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; Chapter Four CHOICE; Chapter Five ACCESS; Chapter Six INTEGRATION; Chapter Seven CIVIC SOCIALIZATION; Chapter Eight CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8330-3255-0
- OCLC:
- 123109575
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