School Choice and School Governance - A Historical Study of the United States and Germany

For over 200 years, legislators, educators, and public-minded citizens have debated how to govern public schools. This book reviews these debates and discusses racial integration, ethnicity, social class, vouchers, charter, magnet and private schools in the United States, the former German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany.

List of contents

Introduction: School Choice: A Brief Overview Beginnings The Systematization of Public Education School Governance and School Choice 1900-1950 School Choice in the United States after World War II Schulwahl in the Post World War II Period Retrospect and Outlook

About the author

JURGEN HERBST is Professor Emeritus of Educational Policy Studies and History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Summary

For over 200 years, legislators, educators, and public-minded citizens have debated how to govern public schools. This book reviews these debates and discusses racial integration, ethnicity, social class, vouchers, charter, magnet and private schools in the United States, the former German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany.

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"Jurgen Herbst's latest work is a path-breaking study of school choice as it has developed over the past two centuries, fascinating for what it tells us about parents, schools, and education policy in general." - Professor Gary McCulloch, Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education, Institute of Education, University of London

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"Jurgen Herbst's latest work is a path-breaking study of school choice as it has developed over the past two centuries, fascinating for what it tells us about parents, schools, and education policy in general." - Professor Gary McCulloch, Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education, Institute of Education, University of London

Product details

• Authors: J Herbst, J. Herbst, Jurgen Herbst
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2006
• EAN: 9781349534289
• ISBN: 978-1-349-53428-9
• No. of pages: 220
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