School Choice and School Governance : A Historical Study of the United States and Germany / / by J. Herbst

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965416703321
• Autore: Herbst Jurgen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006
• ISBN: 9786611366957; 9781281366955; 1281366951; 9780312376222; 0312376227
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2006.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.1/110973
• Soggetti: Conservation biology; Ecology; Chemistry, Organic; World history; Education - History; Sociology; International education; Comparative education; Conservation Biology; Organic Chemistry; World History, Global and Transnational History; History of Education; International and Comparative Education
• 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. [163]-188) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: School Choice: A Brief Overview; 1 Beginnings; 2 The Systematization of Public Education; 3 School Governance and School Choice 1900-1950; 4 School Choice in the United States after World War II; 5 Schulwahl in the Post-World War II Period; 6 Retrospect and ; Outlook; Notes; Name Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For over 200 years, legislators, educators, and public-minded citizens have debated how to govern public schools. This book reviews these debates and discusses racial integration, ethnicity, social class, vouchers, charter, magnet and private schools in the United States, the former German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany.