Financing Education - The Struggle Between Governmental Monopoly and Parental Control

List of contents

A Preface on Method
1. Introduction
Part I Symptoms of Educational Distress, and A Primary Cause
2. The Symptoms of America's Educational Distress
3. A Special and Definitive Symptom
4. A Primary Cause: Educational Finance Monopoly
Part II A Powerful Cure, Its Worldwide Popularity, How It Might Look in the United States
5. A Powerful Cure: Parental Freedom via School Choice
6. A World of Experience with School Choice
7. It Can Be Done Here, Too: American School Choice Examples
Part III Then, Why Not Here, Now?
8. Why Are We in a Quagmire? I: Historical Accidents, Social Inertia, and Political Frustration
9. Why Are We in a Quagmire? II: Who Would Do Such A Thing?
10. Why Are We in a Quagmire? III: The Rhetorical Tools of EFM's Defenders
11. Why Are We in a Quagmire? IV: The Political Tools of EFM's Defenders
Part IV The Many Paths to Parental Freedom and School Choice
12. Parental Freedom via School Choice: Getting There From Here
Index

About the author

Quentin Quade

Summary

Lack of family structure, violence in the schools, and overcrowded classrooms spur a never-ending cry for "reforms" to confront such issues

Product details

• Authors: Quade, Quentin Quade
• Assisted by: Quentin L. Quade (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138510081
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51008-1
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Funding of education & student finance, Funding of education and student finance