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 Irrelevance

Chartered Public Schools - Mostly Chance, Not Choice

Part II: Issues in the Debate Over Parental Choice Expansion

Fallacies About School Choice

Government Regulation Issues

The Neglect of Costs

Fund Children or Institutions?

Federal, State, and Local Roles and Perspectives

Equity and Equality

Diversity Issues

Part III. Strategic and Tactical Issues

Important Policy Choices

Strategic and Tactical Mistakes

13. Teachers
14. Outlook and Political Strategy
Bibliography
Index

About the author

By John Merrifield and Nathan Gray - Foreword by Terry Moe

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