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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809163303321

Titolo

Educating citizens : international perspectives on civic values and school choice / / Patrick J. Wolf, Stephen Macedo, editors, with David J. Ferrero and Charles Venegoni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-81307-5

9786610813070

0-8157-9668-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WolfPatrick J

MacedoStephen <1957->

Disciplina

379.1/11

Soggetti

School choice

Civics - Study and teaching

Private schools - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1.  Introduction:  School Choice, Civic Values, and Problems of Policy Comparison; 2.  Regulating School Choice to Promote Civic Values:  Constitutional and Political Issues in the Netherlands; 3.  Private Schools as Public Provision for Education:  School Choice and Market Forces in the Netherlands; 4.  Regulation, Choice, and Basic Values in Education in England and Walkes:  A Legal Perspective; 5.  School Choice Policies and Social Integration:  The Experience of England and Wales; 6.  Regulating School Choice in Belgium's Flemish Community

7.  The Civic Implications of Canada's Education System8.  School Choice and Civic Values in Germany; 9.  School Choice and Its Regluation in France; 10.  Italy:  The Impossible Choice; 11.  Do Public and Religious Schools Really Differ?  Assessing the European Evidence; 12.  Civic Republicanism, Political Pluralism, and the Regulation of Private Schools; 13.  Regulatory Strings and Religious Freedom:  Requiring Private Schools to Promote Public Values; 14.  School Choice as a Question of Design; 15.  Regulation in Public and Private Schools in



the United States

16.  A Regulated Market Model:  Considering School Choice in the Netherlands as a Model for the United StatesContributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The United States is in the midst of historic experiments with publicly funded choice in K-12 education, experiments that recently received a 'green light' from the Supreme Court. Other countries have long experience with the funding and regulation of nonpublic schools. What is the US hoping to learn from these experiences?