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Perhaps no school reform has generated as much interest and controversy in recent years as the proposal to have parents select their children's schools. Opponents of school choice fear that rolling back the government's role will lead to profit-driven financial scandals, sectarianism, and increased class and racial isolation. School choice advocates believe that state provision, oversight, and regulation stifle entrepreneurial creativity. The contributors to this volume not only provide a clear assessment of the logic and evidence supporting the different sides of the debate but also unmask the assumptions about the relationship between markets, government, and educational achievement. Their message is that neither markets nor government alone will guarantee freedom, equality, achievement, or community. If choice is to improve education and advance equality, then educational policy cannot be placed on automatic and left to the "free" market. Rather, choice policy must be deliberately directed toward meeting these goals, and this book shows how that could be accomplished.
Acknowledgments

Introduction
Walter Feinberg and Christopher Lubienski

1. Common Schooling and Educational Choice as a Response to Pluralism
Rob Reich

2. Educational Equality and Varieties of School Choice
Harry Brighouse

3. Evidence, the Conservative Paradigm, and School Choice
Kenneth R. Howe

4. Intergenerational Justice and School Choice
Kathleen Knight Abowitz

5. The Politics of Parental Choice: Theory and Evidence on Quality Information
Christopher Lubienski

6. Social Class Differences in School Choice: The Role of Preferences
Courtney A. Bell

7. Managers of Choice: Race, Gender, and the Political Ideology of the “New” Urban School Leadership
Janelle T. Scott

8. Where Does the Power Lie Now? Devolution, Choice, and Democracy in Schooling
Liz Gordon

9. Parental Choice: The Liberty Principle in Education Finance in Postapartheid South Africa
Bekisizwe S. Ndimande

10. The Dialectic of Parent Rights and Societal Obligation: Constraining Educational Choice
Walter Feinberg

List of Contributors
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Publié par	State University of New York Press
Date de parution	16 octobre 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780791477717
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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School Choice Policies and Outcomes

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School Choice Policies and Outcomes

Empirical and Philosophical Perspectives

Edited by Walter Feinberg and Christopher Lubienski

Published by State University of New York Press,Albany

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School choice and outcomes : empirical and philosophical perspectives / edited by Walter Feinberg and Christopher Lubienski. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7914-7571-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. School choice—United States. 2. Education and state—United States. 3. Educational equalization—United States. I. Feinberg, Walter, 1937– II. Lubienski, Christopher.

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Contents

Introduction Walter Feinberg and Christopher Lubienski

Common Schooling and Educational Choice as a Response to Pluralism Rob Reich

Educational Equality and Varieties of School Choice Harry Brighouse

Evidence, the Conservative Paradigm, and School Choice Kenneth R. Howe

Intergenerational Justice and School Choice Kathleen Knight Abowitz

The Politics of Parental Choice: Theory and Evidence on Quality Information Christopher Lubienski

Social Class Differences in School Choice: The Role of Preferences Courtney A. Bell

Managers of Choice: Race, Gender, and the Philosophies of the New Urban School Leadership Janelle T. Scott

Where Does the Power Lie Now? Devolution, Choice, and Democracy in Schooling Liz Gordon

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9 Parental Choice: The Liberty Principle in Education Finance in Postapartheid South Africa Bekisizwe S. Ndimande

10 The Dialectic of Parent Rights and Societal Obligation: Constraining Educational Choice Walter Feinberg

List of Contributors

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Acknowledgments

This volume draws on papers presented at a conference on school choice held at the University of Illinois in Urbana in March of 2006. The confer-ence organizers, who went on to edit this book, would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous support from the Hewlett International Con-ference Grants Program at the University of Illinois, as well as a grant from the Spencer Foundation. Additional support was also provided by the Agora Program, and the Departments of Education Policy Studies, Educational Organization and Leadership, and Philosophy at the Uni-versity. Additional University of Illinois support was offered through the program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, the Center for Advanced Study, the Center for Global Studies, the program for Religious Studies, and the Program in Jewish Culture and Society. Colleen Vojak provided invaluable assistance in organizing the event. Jeffrey Thibert and Andrew Race assisted in preparing the papers for publication. Peter Weitzel provided editing and indexing assistance.

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