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Informationen zum Autor Carl L. Bankston III is professor of sociology at Tulane University. He holds a PhD from Louisiana State University, an MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS from Southern Methodist University. His numerous previous books include Affirmative Action: Origins, Controversies and Contradictions, Immigrant Networks and Social Capital, and Public Education - America's Civil Religion: A Social History. He has also published more than a hundred articles in a wide variety of academic journals that have included Social Forces, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Educational Research, and Current Anthropology. Klappentext Controls and Choices: The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation provides a detailed examination of the nature of the educational marketplace, supported by historical evidence, to argue that school desegregation failed because it involved monopolistic efforts at redistributing opportunities. Zusammenfassung Controls and Choices: The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation provides a detailed examination of the nature of the educational marketplace! supported by historical evidence! to argue that school desegregation failed because it involved monopolistic efforts at redistributing opportunities. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsIntroduction Background: The Evolution of Educational Redistribution Failure of Will or Self-Defeating Policy? Summary of the BookChapter 1 - The Political Economy of Education and Equality of Educational Opportunity Why Seek Equality of Opportunity in Education? What Makes an Education Valuable? More than Money It's the Clientele Chapter Summary Chapter 2 - Schooling as a Competitive Market The Educational Marketplace School Composition and Educational Environments What Does This Mean for Equality of Opportunity? The School Marketplace in Practice Chapter Summary Chapter 3- Command and Control Failures: Cases of Self-Defeating Policies Baton Rouge, Louisiana Chicago, Illinois Dallas, Texas Beaumont, Texas Pasadena, California New York City Indianapolis, Indiana Detroit, Michigan Boston, Massachusetts Louisville-Jefferson County Chapter Summary Chapter 4- Market Options and Illusions of Success Little Rock, Arkansas Charlotte, North Carolina Milwaukee, Wisconsin St. Louis, Missouri What Happened in These Districts? Chapter Summary Chapter 5-The Educational Marketplace and the Rise of the School Choice Movement Desegregation Frustration and the Rise of Charters Minority Students and Vouchers The Spread of School Choice Reforms The Special Case of New Orleans Summary of Rationale for Using Charters and Vouchers for Redistribution The Debate over Choice Desegregation, School Choice, and Educational Quality Chapter Summary Conclusion References...
