Title: School choice : the struggle for the soul of American education /
Authors: Cookson, Peter W.
Publisher: Yale University Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: School choice United States.
Abstract: Few school reform movements have aroused more public passion than school choice. Should families have a voice in deciding which schools their children attend? Is it true that increased competition leads to better schools? How do the various school choice proposals differ? Are school choice policies logistically feasible and economically viable? In this book, the educational sociologist Peter Cookson discusses the practice and politics of school choice objectively and.
Contents: Prologue: A Journey of a Thousand Opinions -- 1. Lifestyle Loyalties in an Age of Doubt -- 2. Reformers and Revolutionaries: The Drama of Deregulation -- 3. The Varieties of School Choice -- 4. Does Choice Make a Difference? -- 5. The Stark Utopia: The Market as Messiah -- 6. Reinventing Public Education -- Appendix: School Choice Legislation Activity across the Nation.