1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450368803321

Titolo

Educating citizens [[electronic resource] ] : 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

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

Electronic books.

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?

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910854700603321

Autore

Brock, Thomas D.

Titolo

Biology of microorganisms / Thomas D. Brock, Michael T. Madigan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey, : Prentice Hall, 1970

Descrizione fisica

737 p. ; 28 cm

Disciplina

579

Locazione

FAGBC

Collocazione

A MIC 1575

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia