Privatizing Education and Educational Choice - Concepts, Plans, and Experiences

Sommario

Introduction by Simon Hakim, Paul Seidenstat, and Gary Bowman
Concepts
An Economic View of the Effectiveness of Public and Private Schools by David Beers and Jerry Ellig
Why Educational Choice: The Florida Experience by Tom Feeney
Private School Choice: An Ineffective Path to Educational Reform by Albert Shanker and Bella Rosenberg
Public Schools by Contract: An Alternative to Privatization by Paul Hill
Alternative Plans
Three Privatization Models for Public Schools by Tom Kean
Redesigning the Financing of American Education to Raise Productivity: The Case for a Just Voucher by Peter Cookson
A "GI Bill" for Educating All Children by Pierre duPont
Blending the Neighborhood School Tradition with "Choice Within Schools" by Ernest Boyer
Privatizing Higher Education by Kevin Sontheimer
Experiences
The Evaluation of the New Hampshire Plan: An Early Voucher System by John Menge
The Milwaukee Choice Program by Thomas Hetland
A Public-Private Partnership: South Pointe Elementary School of Dade County, Florida by Thomas Peeler and Patricia Parham
Making Choice an Option for All Parents, East Harlem, New York by William Ubinas
Public Choice in Minnesota by Michael Rubenstein and Nancy Adelman
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

PAUL SEIDENSTAT is Associate Professor of Economics at Temple University. A specialist in public finance and public management, he has authored and coedited several books, including Educational Choice and Privatizing Education (Praeger, 1994) and Privatizing Transportation Services (Praeger, 1996).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Gary Bowman (Editore), Bowman Gary W. (Editore), Simon Hakim (Editore), Hakim Simon (Editore), Paul Seidenstat (Editore), Seidenstat Paul (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 17 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.1994
• EAN: 9780275947514
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94751-4
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; USA, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Current Events and Issues: Education