The school choice hoax : fixing America's schools /
The federal government is devoting millions of dollars to charter and voucher programs that currently require parents to abandon regular public schools. The School Choice Hoax: Fixing America's Schools exposes the misleading hyperbole that has been driving the school choice movement and shows h...
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Education,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st Rowman & Littlefield pbk. ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The school choice quagmire : anomalies within the movement and the models
- Claims for charter schools and school vouchers : an assessment
- How to improve charter schools : clues from open enrollment plans, school-based management, the coalition of essential schools, and small schools initiatives
- Why choice schools should be specialized : charter schools and voucher schools within a planned division of labor
- Plight of the poor and minority student in an uncaring society : using district-operated charter schools to improve poverty schools
- Conclusions.