Reinventing public education : how contracting can transform America's schools /

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Combining decades of experience in education, the authors show how contracting would radically change the way we operate our schools while keeping them public and accessible to all and making them better able to meet standards of achievement and equity. Using public funds, local school boards would...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, Paul T. (Paul Thomas), 1943-
Other Authors: Pierce, Lawrence C., Guthrie, James W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Series:RAND research study.
Subjects:
Performance contracts in education > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Educational accountability > United States.
Privatization in education > United States.
Contrats de rendement scolaire > États-Unis.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
Responsabilité du rendement (Éducation) > États-Unis.
Privatisation en éducation > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Finance.
Educational accountability
Educational change
Performance contracts in education
Privatization in education
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preserving public education
  • A critique of the current public school system
  • A contract school strategy
  • Contracting and other reform proposals
  • How a contract strategy would work
  • Paying for contract schools
  • Politics, leadership, and transition strategies
  • App. A. Two hypothetical contract schools
  • App. B. Primer on school finance systems
  • App. C. Questions and answers about contract schools.

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