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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818173803321

Titolo

School choice policies and outcomes : empirical and philosophical perspectives / / edited by Walter Feinberg and Christopher Lubienski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7914-7771-1

1-4356-9455-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 242 p

Altri autori (Persone)

FeinbergWalter <1937->

LubienskiChristopher

Disciplina

379.1/110973

Soggetti

School choice - United States

Education and state - United States

Educational equalization - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Walter Feinberg and Christopher Lubienski -- Common schooling and educational choice as a response to pluralism / Rob Reich -- Educational equality and varieties of school choice / Harry Brighouse -- Evidence, the conservative paradigm, and school choice / Kenneth R. Howe -- Intergenerational justice and school choice / Kathleen Knight Abowitz -- The politics of parental choice : theory and evidence on quality information / Christopher Lubienski -- Social class differences in school choice : the role of preferences / Courtney A. Bell -- Managers of choice : race, gender, and the philosophies of the new urban school leadership / Janelle T. Scott -- Where does the power lie now? devolution, choice, and democracy in schooling / Liz Gordon -- Parental choice : the liberty principle in education finance in postapartheid South Africa / Bekisizwe S. Ndimande -- The dialectic of parent rights and societal obligation : constraining educational choice / Walter Feinberg.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a clear assessment of all sides of the school choice debate.