Public vs. private : the early history of school choice in America /

Americans today choose from a dizzying array of schools, loosely lumped into categories of 'public' and 'private'. How did these distinctions emerge in the first place, and what do they tell us about the more general relationship in the United States between public authority and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gross, Robert N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
School choice > United States > History.
Public schools > United States > History.
Private schools > United States > History.
Education > United States > History.
Écoles > Choix > États-Unis > Histoire.
Écoles publiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Écoles privées > États-Unis > Histoire.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Education
Private schools
Public schools
School choice
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Private schools and public regulation in American history
  • Public monopoly
  • Competing schools
  • Educational regulation
  • Public policy and private schools
  • Creating the educational marketplace
  • Fighting the educational monopoly
  • Public problems and private education in the post-World War II era.

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