In the wake of the Supreme Courts landmark ruling upholding school
choice, policymakers across the country are grappling with the
challenge of funding and regulating private schools. Towns, cities,
and states are experimenting with a variety of policies, including
vouchers, tax credits, and charter schools. Meanwhile, public
officials and citizens continue to debate the issues at the heart
of the matter: Why should the government regulate education? Who
should do the regulating? How should private schools be regulated,
and how much? These questions represent new terrain for many
policymakers in the United States. Europe and Canada, however, have
struggled with these issues for decades or, in some cases, even a
century or more. In this groundbreaking volume, scholars from
Europe and the United States come together to ask what Americans
can learn from other countries experience with publicly funded
educational choice. This experience is both extensive and varied.
In England and Wales, parents play a significant role in selecting
the schools their children will attend. In the Netherlands and much
of Belgium, most students attend religious schools at government
expense. In Canada, France and Germany, state-financed school
choice is limited to circumstances that serve particular social and
governmental needs. In Italy, school choice has just recently
arrived on the policy agenda. In analyzing these cases, the authors
focus on how school choice policies have shaped and been shaped by
civic values such as tolerance, civic cohesion, and integration
across class, religious, and racial lines. They explore the systems
of regulation, accountability, and control that accompany public
funding, ranging from the testing-based mechanisms of Alberta to
the more intrusive inspection systems of Britain, Germany, and
France. And they discuss the relevance of these experiences for the
United States. These essays illuminate many ways in which the
public interest in education may be preserved or even enhanced in
an era of increased parental choice. Based on a wealth of
experience and expertise, Educating Citizens will aid policymakers
and citizens as they consider historic changes in American public
education policy.
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