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An accessible guide to the major issues and arguments surrounding
school choice. The issues and arguments surrounding school choice
are sometimes hijacked to make political points about government
control, democratic ideals, the public good, and privatization. In
this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, David
Garcia avoids partisan arguments to offer an accessible, objective,
and comprehensive guide to school choice. He first outlines the
different types of school choice, including home schooling, private
schools, freedom-of-choice plans, magnet schools, charter schools,
vouchers, and education savings accounts. Two themes emerge as
particularly resonant in the American school choice debate: the
long history of school desegregation, and debates over the roles
and responsibilities of government. Is education a public good, for
the collective benefit of society, or a private good, to benefit
the individual? Garcia describes and evaluates the major arguments
supporting school choice policies: the elimination of government
bureaucracies, the introduction of competition into education
through market forces, the promotion of parental choice, and the
casting of school choice as a civil right. He examines the research
on the effects of school choice and summarizes general trends.
Finally, he considers how school choice policies are likely to
evolve. He notes that the Trump administration's Secretary of
Education, Betsy DeVos, is an advocate for school choice, and that
the administration's budget allocations signal a deliberate shift
from long-standing federal policies that provide supplemental
funding for low-income schools. Instead, new policies provide
incentives for low-income families to leave public schools
altogether through choice. This book will be an essential resource
for participating in the debates that are sure to follow.
This action packed tale of romance, adventure, sex and the enemy
takes place during a war. In its thrill a minute pages, it tells
about a naive young ensign and four navy nurses set ashore and
forgotten on an enemy held island way out nowhere in the war torn
Pacific. Bombarded by passing warships, lashed by tropical storms
and in constant peril, they cling to the sactuary that sustains
them, fortify their camp and prepare for battle. In fear of their
strange surroundings they explore the island, take reckless
chances, engage in daring escapades and become infatuated with the
inexplicable euphoria of playing death defying games with the
enemy. Surrounded by all this and their own raw emotions, the girls
find solice in nights of bliss, lover's trysts and days of sheer
pandemonium with the ony man at their disposal. Amidst all the
subsequent hate, animosity and revenge, a torrid love affair is
born. And all the while the enemy is watching, waiting, honing his
wares and ready to pounce. Eventually he launches a frontal attack
right into the teeth of the unorthodox fighting techniques of the
ensign's bedraggled army of female warriors. But now, let us go
back and see how they all got there in the first place.
Language Policy, Politics, and Diversity in Education Edited by
Kathryn M. Borman, "University of South Florida," Terrence G.
Wiley, "Center for Applied Linguistics," David R. Garcia, "Arizona
State University," and Arnold B. Danzig, "San Jose State
University" Review of Research in Education (Volume 38) explores
the important role of educational language policies in promoting
education as a human right. Even in English-dominant countries,
such as the United States, it is important to understand the role
of educational language policies (ELPs) in promoting educational
access through the dominant language, and its impact on educational
equity, achievement, and students' sense of identity. This volume
addresses whether language minorities have a right not only to
linguistic accommodations but also to the promotion of their
languages as a means for developing a positive identification with
their languages and cultures. With language diversity in flux due
to large-scale trends with widespread implications, this timely
volume offers a solid background to inform and influence policies
and programs for millions of students worldwide.
Review of Research in Education (Volume 36)" "presents new research
that explores the varied intersections between "Education,"
"Democracy," and "the Public" "Good." It is intended to give
readers a broader perspective on how the three constructs are
interconnected and applied in the United States and in other
countries around the world. By examining the theme in multiple
contexts and through diverse lenses, the chapters provide a deeper
understanding of the many ways that education and schools serve the
public good, where the public good is used throughout the volume as
a unifying concept to express purposes beyond individual
self-interest in order to encompass those that serve greater public
purposes. "
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