Rethinking school choice: Limits of the market metaphor

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 ti...

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1. Verfasser:	Henig, Jeffrey R
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Access to Education Bildungsgutschein Disadvantaged Youth Economic Factors Education Educational change Educational History Educational planning Elementary Secondary Education Eltern Equal Education Free Enterprise System Marketing Marktwirtschaft Metaphors Nontraditional Education Political Influences Political Parties Political Process POLITICAL SCIENCE Poverty Private Sector Racial Discrimination School Choice School Restructuring School, Choice of Schools Schulpolitik Schulreform Schulwahl U.S.A United States USA
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
DOI:	10.1515/9781400821037