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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823604603321

Autore

Woods Philip A. <1950, >

Titolo

School choice and competition : markets in the public interest / / Philip A. Woods, Carl Bagley, and Ron Glatter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-77038-3

1-134-77039-1

1-280-14070-4

0-203-98372-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Educational management series

Altri autori (Persone)

BagleyCarl <1958->

GlatterRon

Disciplina

379.1/11/0942

Soggetti

School choice - England

School choice - Wales

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 (p. 245-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 LEARNING FROM REFORM; 2 MARSHAMPTON; 3 NORTHERN HEIGHTS; 4 EAST GREENVALE; 5 PARENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHOICE; 6 MARKET ELEMENTS IN A PUBLIC SERVICE: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS; 7 DYNAMICS OF SCHOOL CHOICE AND COMPETITION; 8 A MORE RESPONSIVE SYSTEM?; 9 BEYOND THE MARKET; Appendix I QUESTIONNAIRE; Appendix II TABLES OF DATA; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a unique record of the realities of parental choice and competitive pressures on schools. On the basis of research involving thousands of parents and eleven secondary schools monitored over several years, it sets out: * empirical findings on parents' preferences and experience of choice, how schools respond to competitive pressures, and local dynamics of quasi-markets * theoretical implications for understanding quasi-markets in education and the public interest * implications for educational policy, if schools are to be more responsive and inequalities lessened The book provi