School Choice
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School Choice: Why You Need It—How You Get It
By David HarmerAs David Broder writes: In California, the case for vouchers has barely been heard, because the people who pay for conservative campaigns have not anted up for this one. ... 2David S. Broder, “Shameful Silence on School Vouchers.
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School Choice: The Struggle for the Soul of American Education
By Peter W. CooksonDiscusses the origins of the school choice movement, looks at different plans in use around the country, and analyzes the ramifications of this policy
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School Choice: The Struggle for the Soul of American Education
By Peter W. CooksonIn this book the author, an educational sociologist, discusses the practice and politics of school choice objectively and comprehensively.
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School Choice: The Struggle for the Soul of American Education
By Peter W. Cookson, Jr.School choice has aroused more public passion than any other school reform movement. This book clarifies a number of issues surrounding this hotly debated topic.
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School Choice: A Balanced Approach
By William H. JeynesMany social scientists are concerned that too much govern- ment interference could dilute the very qualities that make Christian schools so efficacious (Garnett, 2004; Galston, 2004). Coleman (1988) enjoys a lot of support in his thesis ...
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School Choice: How parents negotiate the new school market in Australia
By Geoffrey Sherington, Craig Campbell, Helen ProctorMost parents themselves were educated in public schools and contend they are satisfied with the experience, yet now many aspire to a private school education for their children. What is motivating parents and driving school choice?
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School Choice
By David R. GarciaIn this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, David Garcia avoids partisan arguments to offer an accessible, objective, and comprehensive guide to school choice.
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School Choice: The End of Public Education?
By Mercedes K. SchneiderPowerful! This is the most interesting and best-researched book on school choice I've ever read.” —Julian Vasquez Heilig, California State University
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School Choice: A Legacy to Keep
By Virginia Walden FordSchool Choice: A Legacy to Keep, tells the dramatic true story of how poor D.C. parents, with the support of unlikely allies, faced off against some of America's most prominent politicians—and won a better future for children.
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School Choice: Separating Fact from Fiction
By Patrick J. WolfWhat claims about school choice are grounded in actual evidence? This book presents systematic reviews of the social science research regarding critical aspects of parental school choice. How do parents choose schools and what do they seek?
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School Choice: The Findings
By Herbert J. WalbergSchool Choice: The Findings is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey available, summarizing the research on charter schools, vouchers, and public versus private school effectiveness, from one of the country's most distinguished ...
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School Choice: Examining the Evidence
By Richard Rothstein, M. Edith RasellSchool Choice: Examining the Evidence
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School Choice: Doing It the Right Way Makes a Difference: A Report from the National Working Commission on Choice in...
By Brown Center on Education PolicyPhilanthropies in places like Chicago , Seattle , Portland , and Chattanooga have supported independent groups to provide ... Funds that exist in most big cities , can contribute a great deal toward successful phasing - in of choice .
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School Choice: How Parents Negotiate the New School Market in Australia
By Geoffrey Sherington, Craig Campbell, Helen ProctorExplores the dilemmas many parents face when choosing a school for their children, and the impact of the growing gap between public and private schools on families, schools and the community.
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School Choice: The End of Public Education?
By Mercedes K. SchneiderProponents of market-driven education reform view vouchers and charters as superior to local-board-run, community-based public schools. However, the author of this timely volume argues that there is no clear research supporting this view.
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School Choice: Policies and Effects : an International Literature Review
By Susan Phillips... ( East Harlem ) , New York City Schools Miracle in East Harlem Fleigel , Seymour & James McGuire ( 1993 ) METHODOLOGY Longitudinal Study historical account supplemented with achievement data . Sample Size : East Harlem District - 13,350 ...
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School Choice: A Balanced Approach
By William H. Jeynes... miracle in East Harlem” (Fliegel & MacGuire, 1994). Charter. Schools. Arizona. One must not assume that all charter school programs are equal. There is a considerable amount of variation by location. As Caroline Hoxby (2006, p. 201) notes ...
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School Choice: The Findings
By Herbert J. WalbergSchool Choice: The Findings is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey available, summarizing the research on charter schools, vouchers, and public versus private school effectiveness, from one of the country's most distinguished ...