Rethinking School Choice : Limits of the Market Metaphor / Jeffrey R. Henig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henig, Jeffrey R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--United States Marketing.

Education.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Educational planning--United States.

Educational planning.

School choice--United States.

School choice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

With a New afterword by the author

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1995]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advocates of school vouchers and other choice proposals couch their arguments in the fashionable language of economic theory. Choice initiatives at all levels of government have succeeded, it is claimed, because they shift responsibility for education reform from government to market forces. This timely book disputes the appropriateness of the market metaphor as a guide to education policy.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Preface

PART ONE: DEFINING THE PROBLEM

CHAPTER ONE. The Call for Choice and Radical Reform

CHAPTER TWO. The Political Meaning of "Crisis"

PART TWO: EVOLUTION OF AN IDEA

Introduction

CHAPTER THREE. Application of the Market Model

CHAPTER FOUR. Repackaging Choice

PART THREE: REINTERPRETING THE HISTORY OF SCHOOL CHOICE

CHAPTER FIVE. Evolving Practice: Problematic Lessons from History

CHAPTER SIX. Uses of Evidence: The Empirical Case that "Choice Works"

CHAPTER SEVEN. Reinterpreting the Lessons of Experience

PART FOUR: CHOOSING OUR FUTURE

CHAPTER EIGHT. How Market-Based Plans Will Fail

CHAPTER NINE. Putting Educational Choice in Its Place

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786612751783

9781282751781

1282751786

9781400821037

1400821037

OCLC:

705526952