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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. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsIntroductionBackground: The Evolution of Educational RedistributionFailure of Will or Self-Defeating Policy?Summary of the BookChapter 1 - The Political Economy of Education and Equality of Educational OpportunityWhy Seek Equality of Opportunity in Education?What Makes an Education Valuable?More than MoneyIt's the ClienteleChapter SummaryChapter 2 - Schooling as a Competitive MarketThe Educational MarketplaceSchool Composition and Educational EnvironmentsWhat Does This Mean for Equality of Opportunity?The School Marketplace in PracticeChapter SummaryChapter 3- Command and Control Failures: Cases of Self-Defeating PoliciesBaton Rouge, LouisianaChicago, IllinoisDallas, TexasBeaumont, TexasPasadena, CaliforniaNew York CityIndianapolis, IndianaDetroit, MichiganBoston, MassachusettsLouisville-Jefferson CountyChapter SummaryChapter 4- Market Options and Illusions of SuccessLittle Rock, ArkansasCharlotte, North CarolinaMilwaukee, WisconsinSt. Louis, MissouriWhat Happened in These Districts?Chapter SummaryChapter 5-The Educational Marketplace and the Rise of the School Choice MovementDesegregation Frustration and the Rise of ChartersMinority Students and VouchersThe Spread of School Choice ReformsThe Special Case of New OrleansSummary of Rationale for Using Charters and Vouchers for RedistributionThe Debate over ChoiceDesegregation, School Choice, and Educational QualityChapter SummaryConclusionReferences...
