Rethinking School Choice : Limits of the Market Metaphor

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Advocates of school vouchers and other choice proposals couch their arguments in the fashionable language of economic theory. Choice initiatives at all levels of government have succeeded, it is claimed, because they shift responsibility for education reform from government to market forces. This ti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Henig, Jeffrey R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
School choice.
Educational planning.
Educational change.
Education > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Enseignement > Reforme > États-Unis.
Écoles > Choix > États-Unis.
Education > United States > Marketing.
Educational change > United States.
Educational planning > United States.
School choice > United States.
United States.
Electronic resource.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Advocates of school vouchers and other choice proposals couch their arguments in the fashionable language of economic theory. Choice initiatives at all levels of government have succeeded, it is claimed, because they shift responsibility for education reform from government to market forces. This timely book disputes the appropriateness of the market metaphor as a guide to education policy.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9781400821037

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