School Vouchers and Privatization - A Reference Handbook (Hardcover, Annotated edition)

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

General

Imprint:	ABC-CLIO Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Contemporary Education Issues
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	2003
Authors:	Danny Weil
Dimensions:	243 x 160 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-57607-346-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Funding of education
LSN:	1-57607-346-7
Barcode:	9781576073469

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