Unproductive School Choice Debates - All Sides Assert Much That Is Wrong, Misleading, Or Irrelevant

This book asserts a controversial proposition: that a system dominated by attendance-zoned, political process managed, uniformly comprehensive mega-schools (TPS) cannot adequately address unique educational needs and interests.

List of contents

Foreword by Terry Moe
Preface: Still a 'Nation at Risk'
Memorial to Seymour Sarason
Part I: Key Underlying Factors
Introduction
Elements of an Open Education Industry Hyped Experiments in Near IrrelevanceChartered Public Schools - Mostly Chance, Not ChoicePart II: Issues in the Debate Over Parental Choice Expansion
Fallacies About School ChoiceGovernment Regulation IssuesThe Neglect of Costs Fund Children or Institutions?Federal, State, and Local Roles and Perspectives Equity and Equality Diversity IssuesPart III. Strategic and Tactical IssuesImportant Policy Choices Strategic and Tactical Mistakes13. Teachers
14. Outlook and Political Strategy
Bibliography
Index

About the author

John Merrifield is head of the Institute for Objective Policy Assessment and was a member of the faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio for 32 years.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Gray, Gray Nathan, John Merrifield, John Gray Merrifield
• Assisted by: Moe Terry (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781475870916
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-7091-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Educational strategies & policy, Independent schools, private education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Types / Private