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

by Kenneth J. Meier, Kevin B. Smith. 170 pgs.

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

	Contents
	List of Tables	xi
	Preface	xiii
	Chapter One. The Hobgoblins of Education Policy	1
	Michael, Graduate, Arrowhead High School	3
	John Norris, Superintendent of Milwaukee Catholic Schools	5
	Tony, Student, Hayes Alternative School (MPS)	6
	Mr. Galley's Sixth Period Physics Class, St. Joan Antida Catholic High School	6
	Helen, Graduate, Rufus King High School (MPS)	7
	Kameron, Student, Hamilton High School	8
	Dan, Student, Elmbrook High School and James Madison High School	9
	Vicente Castellanos, Principal, Bruce Guadalupe Community School	10
	Saundra Garza, Choice Parent	12
	Conclusion	12
	Notes	13
	Chapter Two. Problems, Solutions, and Choices	15
	Problems or Perceptions?	16
	Previous Research and the Beginnings of Choice	20
	Prior Reforms	22
	School Choice	23
	Conclusion	29
	Notes	30
	Chapter Three. The Institutional Theory: School Choice Revisited	32
	Assumptions	34
	Democratic Control	36
	Bureaucracy	39
	Goals and Unit of Analysis	41
	District-Level Analysis	44
	Cross-State Analysis	44
	Cross-National Analysis	45
	Conclusion	46
	Notes	46
	Chapter Four. Organization, Competition, and Performance	47
	Organization and Competition	48
	Data and Methods	50
	Findings	55
	Conclusion	60
	Notes	61
	Chapter Five. Private Schools: The Chicken or the Egg?	64
	A List of Demands	65
	Testing the Causal Link	67
	Testing and the Demand Assumption	68
	Conclusion	75
	Notes	78
	Chapter Six. Politics and Performance	80
	Research and Reform	80
	Finding the Causal Links	82
	The Dependent Variable	84
	Research Design	86
	Results	88
	Discussion and Conclusion	90
	Notes	91
	Chapter Seven. Fixin' What Ain't Broke: Education Performance in the 1980s	93
	The Causes of Macro-Level Education Performance	94
	Theory	96
	Data and Methods	98
	Results	101
	Conclusion	104
	Notes	104
	Chapter Eight. Choice across the Borders	107
	Germany	109
	Japan	112
	Great Britain	114
	Choice in Other Countries	117
	Conclusion	119
	Notes	120
	Chapter Nine. Conclusion	121
	Assuming the Worst	121
	Institutionalizing School Choice	125
	Toward Another Theory	128
	Policy Recommendations	129
	The Far from Final Word	131
	Notes	131
	Chapter Ten. Epilogue: Last Choice	132
	Kourtney, Student, Riverside High School (MPS)	133
	Dalia, Eighth Grade (MPS)	134
	Antoninette, Student, Hamilton High School	134
	David, Student, Riverside High School	135
	Chanto, Eleventh Grade, Hamilton High School	136
	Kathleen Bogdan, Director of Development, St. Joan Antida High School	136
	Rick, Guidance Counselor, Washington High	137
	Sarah, Graduate, St. Francis High	138
	A Final Anecdote	138
	Conclusion	139
	Notes	140
	Appendix: Statistical Tables	141
	References	155
	Index	161

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