Market education
Subtitle: the unknown history
By: Andrew J. Coulson.
Series: [Studies in social philosophy & policy ;; no. 21]
Publisher: Social Philosophy & Policy Center; Transaction Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Bowling Green, OH; New Brunswick, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
Subjects: Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States.; Education -- History.; Educational change -- History.; Comparative education.; Public schools -- United States -- Evaluation.; Privatization in education -- United States.; Educational accountability -- United States.; Educational change -- United States.
Description: In Market Education: The Unknown History, Andrew J. Coulson explores the educational problems facing parents and shows how these problems can best be addressed. He begins with a discussion of what people want from their school systems, tracing their views of the kinds of knowledge, skills, and values education should impart, and their concerns about discipline, drugs, and violence in schools. Using this survey of goals and attitudes as a guide, Coulson sets out to compare the school systems of civilizations both ancient and modern, seeking to determine which systems achieved the aims of parents and the public at large and which did not. Drawing on the historical evidence of how these various systems operated, Coulson concludes that free educational markets have consistently done a better job of serving the public's needs than state-run school systems have.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-451) and index.
Series statement on jacket.