School Vouchers and Privatization - A Reference Handbook

Explore this controversial approach to education, its practical applications, successes, and failures in a straightforward guide that covers every facet of the issue, from for-profit schools to outsourcing of school management to vouchers. The book covers everything from school vouchers to little-known market-based educational reforms like for-profit management of public schools, commercialism in the classroom, philanthropic tuition sponsorships, faith-based charities, educational tax credits, corporate curriculum, and advertising as well as exclusive agreements between companies and schools. It includes case studies of two well-established voucher systems: the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the private national voucher policy in Chile, a program started in l973. The book also includes a chronology, directories, bibliographies, and other reference content.>

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Danny Weil

Product details

• Authors: Danny Weil
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.2003
• EAN: 9781576073469
• ISBN: 978-1-57607-346-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Contemporary Education Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, EDUCATION / Finance, United States of America, USA, Funding of education & student finance, Funding of education and student finance