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The Case against School Choice: Politics, Markets, and Fools

by Kenneth J. Meier, Kevin B. Smith

Pages: 170

Contributors: Kenneth J. Meier,Kevin B. Smith

Publisher: M. E. Sharpe

Place of Publication: Armonk, NY

Publication Year: 1995

Subjects: School Choice--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Case Studies

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

One the Hobgoblins of Education Policy

Two Problems, Solutions, and Choices

Conclusion

Notes

Three the Institutional Theory: School Choice Revisited

Notes

Four Organization, Competition, and Performance

Notes

Five Private Schools: the Chicken or the Egg?

Conclusion

Notes

Six Politics and Performance

Notes

Seven Fixin' What Ain't Broke: Education Performance in the 1980s

Notes

Nine Conclusion

Notes

Ten Epilogue: Last Choice

Appendix Statistical Tables

References

Index

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Not Yet Free at Last: The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement: Our Battle for School Choice

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The Market Approach to Education: An Analysis of America's First Voucher Program

Book by John F. Witte; Princeton University Press, 2000

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School Choice or Best Systems: What Improves Education?

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Educational Change--United States, School Choice--United States, School Improvement Programs--United States--Case Studies

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...The battle for school choice . Rocklin, CA...Research Center, School of Education. Milwaukee Public Schools. (1993). 1992...District report . Milwaukee, WI: Author...Program . Milwaukee: Wisconsin Policy Research...
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A Choice for Our Children: Curing the Crisis in America's Schools

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Schools and Student Achievement: More Evidence from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program

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School Choice as a Latent Variable: Estimating the "Complier Average Causal Effect" of Vouchers in Charlotte

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School Choice in Milwaukee

Magazine article by Paul E. Peterson, Jay P. Greene, Chad Noyes; Public Interest, Fall 1996

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School Choice Slandered

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Bolick Battles for School Choice: Once an Aspiring Schoolteacher, Clint Bolick of the Institute for Justice Decided That He Could Do More for Education in the Courtroom Than in the Classroom

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School Choice: A Report Card

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School Choice: Who Gains, Who Loses?

Magazine article by Bruce Fuller; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 12, Spring 1996

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Newspaper article by Carol Innerst; The Washington Times, March 4, 1998

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