School choice and competition : markets in the public interest /
This book offers a unique record of the realities of parental choice and competitive pressures on schools. On the basis of research involving thousands of parents and eleven secondary schools monitored over several years, it sets out: * empirical findings on parents' preferences and experience...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
1998.
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Colección: | Educational management series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book offers a unique record of the realities of parental choice and competitive pressures on schools. On the basis of research involving thousands of parents and eleven secondary schools monitored over several years, it sets out: * empirical findings on parents' preferences and experience of choice, how schools respond to competitive pressures, and local dynamics of quasi-markets * theoretical implications for understanding quasi-markets in education and the public interest * implications for educational policy, if schools are to be more responsive and inequalities lessened The book provi. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index. |
ISBN: | 0203983726 9780203983720 0415139775 9780415139779 9786610140701 6610140707 9781134770397 1134770391 9781134770342 1134770340 9781134770380 1134770383 9781138166899 1138166898 1280140704 9781280140709 |