Explore this controversial approach to education, its practical
applications, successes, and failures in a straightforward guide
that covers every facet of the issue, from for-profit schools to
outsourcing of school management to vouchers. The book covers
everything from school vouchers to little-known market-based
educational reforms like for-profit management of public schools,
commercialism in the classroom, philanthropic tuition sponsorships,
faith-based charities, educational tax credits, corporate
curriculum, and advertising as well as exclusive agreements between
companies and schools. It includes case studies of two
well-established voucher systems: the Milwaukee Parental Choice
Program and the private national voucher policy in Chile, a program
started in l973. The book also includes a chronology, directories,
bibliographies, and other reference content. Coverage of private
curriculum efforts, outsourcing, the role of teacher unions, and
the emergence of for-profit schools Provides a directory of
organizations, associations, and government agencies involved with
private choice, vouchers, and market-based educational reforms
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