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Zusatztext Given the critical discussion between public and private educational delivery in our country! Drs. Swensson! Ellis! and Shaffer have delivered an excellent book with a non-political analysis that is a good read for practitioners and non-practitioners. Informationen zum Autor Jeff Swensson served in traditional public education as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent across the Midwest for the past 45 years. He graduated from Amherst College, received his MAT from Northwestern University, and earned his PhD from Indiana University.John Ellis served public education across Indiana as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent, superintendent, and Director of the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents for more than 43 years. He graduated from Ball State University with a BA in education and a Master's in Education before earning his PhD from Indiana State University.Michael Shaffer served in schools in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Iowa as an assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent. He graduated from Morehead State University with a BA and MA in elementary education and earned his Education Specialist and Education Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Ball State University. Klappentext The scope of this book embraces a dynamic discussion of the value of traditional public education in the US compared with the free market of schooling expressed by privatization/choice education. Zusammenfassung The scope of this book embraces a dynamic discussion of the value of traditional public education in the US compared with the free market of schooling expressed by privatization/choice education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Climb Out on a Limb with Us!Introduction: How this primer works Chapter 1: The Primary Purpose of Traditional Public Education vs. Free Market TheoryChapter 2: Primer? Primer? We Don't Need a Stinking Primer!Chapter 3: Where in the World Is Traditional Public Education?Chapter 4: The Mechanisms Sold as Education in the Free Market Chapter 5: Let's Meet Two Advocates for Free Market SchoolingChapter 6: The Sinkhole that Is Context of the Free MarketChapter 7: Free Market ATM's from Coast-to-Coast Chapter 8: The Public Good and Traditional Public EducationChapter 9: What We Don't Know About the Free Market Hurts Chapter 10: Students Sold Short in the Free MarketChapter 11: Subtlety in the Free Market: "Yeah, But..."Chapter 12: The Free Market Is a Desperate Place; Traditional Public Education to the Rescue Chapter 13: What It Takes to Climb Off the LimbReferencesAuthor Bio...
