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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824853303321

Autore

Howell William G.

Titolo

The education gap : vouchers and urban schools / / William G. Howell, Paul E. Peterson ; with Patrick J. Wolf and David E. Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D. C. : , : Brookings Institution Press, , [2006]

©2006

Edizione

[Revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 323 pages)

Disciplina

379.1/110973

Soggetti

Educational vouchers - United States

School choice - United States

Education, Urban - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

School choice and American democracy -- Evaluating voucher programs -- Seeking and using a voucher -- Attending urban schools -- Social consequences -- The urban test score gap -- Satisfaction with urban schools -- Vouchers and urban schools.