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Does government need to be involved in primary and secondary education : evaluating policy options using market role assessment / Michael T. Peddle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peddle, Michael T.
- Series:
- Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1138.
- Garland reference library of social science. New directions in public administration ; v. 1.
- Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1138. New directions in public administration ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Elementary--Government policy--United States--Evaluation.
- Education, Elementary.
- Education, Secondary--Government policy--United States--Evaluation.
- Education, Secondary.
- Educational change--Government policy--United States--Evaluation.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Garland Pub., 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Annotation This book is an investigation of some of the policy issues related to the government's role in the reform of primary and secondary education in the United States.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; An Introduction to Market Role Assessment: Government's Functions in a Mixed Economy; Market Role Assessment: Economic Goods and Market Roles; The Regulator: Who Makes and Enforces the Rules?; The Administrator: Who Is Responsible for Day-to-Day Operations?; The Distributor/Allocator: Who Is Responsible for Allocating Access to Education and Ensuring Its Delivery to Students?; The Producer: Who Is Responsible for ~Producing~ the Education?; The Auditor: Who Provides Quality Control for the System?
- The Financier: Who Pays the Bills, and How?The Entrepreneur: Who Is the Source of Innovation? Who Bears the Risk of Innovation?; Common Ground: An Evaluation of Government's Role in Primary and Secondary Education; School Finance Reform in Practice: What Can We Learn from Recent Experience?; Regulatory and Other Nonfinancial School Reforms: Has a Change in Government's Role Been for the Better?; School Reform for the Twenty-First Century: Can We Find the Path to Success?; Epilogue: School Reform and the Twenty-First Century Public Administrator; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-58080-4
- 1-135-58081-2
- 1-280-31689-6
- 0-585-44779-9
- 0-203-90490-7
- 9780203904909
- OCLC:
- 559978312
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