School choice and competition : markets in the public interest / Philip A. Woods, Carl Bagley, and Ron Glatter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, Philip A., 1950-

Contributor:

Bagley, Carl, 1958-

Glatter, Ron.

Series:

Educational management series.

Educational management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School choice--England.

School choice.

School choice--Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a unique record of the realities of parental choice and competitive pressures on schools. On the basis of research involving thousands of parents and eleven secondary schools monitored over several years, it sets out: * empirical findings on parents' preferences and experience of choice, how schools respond to competitive pressures, and local dynamics of quasi-markets * theoretical implications for understanding quasi-markets in education and the public interest * implications for educational policy, if schools are to be more responsive and inequalities lessened The book provi

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 LEARNING FROM REFORM; 2 MARSHAMPTON; 3 NORTHERN HEIGHTS; 4 EAST GREENVALE; 5 PARENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHOICE; 6 MARKET ELEMENTS IN A PUBLIC SERVICE: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS; 7 DYNAMICS OF SCHOOL CHOICE AND COMPETITION; 8 A MORE RESPONSIVE SYSTEM?; 9 BEYOND THE MARKET; Appendix I QUESTIONNAIRE; Appendix II TABLES OF DATA; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-252) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-77038-3

1-134-77039-1

1-280-14070-4

0-203-98372-6

9780203983720

OCLC:

299571990