Table of Contents:
  • The public school monopoly: America's Berlin wall / David Boaz
  • The performance of America's primary and secondary schools / William A. Niskanen
  • Inside Chicago's schools / Bonita Brodt
  • The view from the third floor / Ben Peterson
  • Public and private choices for African-American parents / Joan Davis Ratteray
  • Profit-seeking schools / Myron Lieberman
  • Give choice a chance / John E. Chubb, Terry M. Moe
  • the East Harlem story / Sy Fliegel
  • Choice and change in public schools / Robert S. Peterkin
  • Perestroika and the private provider / John E. Coons
  • How to help low-income students / James D. Gwartney
  • Education enterprise zones / Pete du Pont.