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School Choice - The Struggle for the Soul of American Education (Paperback, New Ed)
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School Choice - The Struggle for the Soul of American Education (Paperback, New Ed)
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Few school reform movements have aroused more public passion than
school choice. Should families have a voice in deciding which
schools their children attend? Is it true that increased
competition leads to better schools? How do the various school
choice proposals differ? Are school choice policies logistically
feasible and economically viable? In this book Peter Cookson, a
noted educational sociologist, discusses the practice and politics
of school choice objectively and comprehensively. Cookson
illuminates the philosophical and historical origins of the school
choice movement, examines a variety of school choice plans around
the nation, and analyzes the outcomes of school choice in terms of
student achievement, school improvement, and the rights of the
citizenry. Drawing on his own observations, interviews, and
analyses of school choice research, Cookson clarifies a number of
issues surrounding this hotly debated topic. He discusses, for
example: -programs in Minnesota, Cambridge and Fall River,
Massachusetts, and East Harlem and White Plains, New York, that
demonstrate how choice can solve fundamental educational problems;
-a voucher system in Milwaukee that allows children to enroll in
private as well as public schools; -whether establishing an
educational marketplace might result in fraudulent representation
and other business malpractices; -whether choice policies will
overcome or intensify social stratification and segregation.
Cookson argues that school choice can be a useful tactic of
educational reform, but that without good schools to choose among
and full access to information about the options, the ability to
choose is meaningless. He concludes by offering a proposal that
would make school choice an innovative mechanism in the creation of
a school system that is at once more egalitarian and superior.
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