Choosing choice
Subtitle: school choice in international perspective
By: David N. Plank, Gary Sykes, editors
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781423721697
Subjects: School choice; Cross-cultural studies; EDUCATION; Finance
Other titles: School choice in international perspective
Notes: "The chapters in this book were originally prepared for a conference at Michigan State University, in March 2000, on the issue of 'School Choice and Educational Change'"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Why school choice? / David N. Plank and Gary Sykes; title: Does privatization improve education? The case of Chile's national voucher plan / Martin Carnoy and Patrick J. McEwan; title: School choice in New Zealand: a cautionary tale / Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd; title: School choice and educational change in England and Wales / Geoffrey Walford; title: Market forces and decentralization in Sweden: impetus for school development or threat to comprehensiveness and equity? / Holger Daun; title: School choice policies and their impact on public education in Australia / Max Angus; title: Education reform and school choice in South Africa / John Pampallis; title: School choice in the People's Republic of China / Mun C. Tsang; title: Public support for private schools in post-communist central Europe: Czech and Hungarian experiences / Randall K. Filer and Daniel Munich.