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Record Nr.

UNINA9911004894703321

Titolo

Educational freedom in urban America : Brown v. Board after half a century / / edited by David Salisbury and Casey Lartigue, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Cato Institute, c2004

ISBN

9786611905309

9781281905307

1281905305

9781933995670

193399567X

9781597340403

1597340405

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SalisburyDavid F. <1951->

LartigueCasey

Disciplina

379.2/6/0973

Soggetti

Education, Urban - United States

Educational equalization - United States

Educational vouchers - United States

School choice - United States

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

Educational Freedom In Urban America; Copyright; Table of Contents; Untitled; Preface; Acknowledgment; 1. The Continuing Struggle for School Choice; 2. Fulfilling the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education,; 3. Freedom of Choice: Brown, Vouchers, and the Philosophy of Language; 4. The Meaning of Zelman and the Future of School Choice; 5. Educational Freedom for D.C. Schools; 6. Undermining Teacher Quality: The Perverse Consequences of Certification; 7. Private and Public School Desegregation in Atlanta 50 Years after Brown vs. Board of Education

8. Building Futures with Private Scholarships: The Washington Scholarship Fund9. Success as a Charter School: The Cesar Chavez Experience; 10. The Politics of School Choice: African-Americans and



Vouchers; 11. What Does a Voucher Buy? The Cost of Private Schools in Six Cities; 12. Markets and Urban Schooling: What Choice-Driven Competition is Doing, and How to Make It Do More,; 13. How Markets Affect Quality: Testing a Theory of Market Education against the International Evidence; CONTRIBUTORS; Index; Cato Institute

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a prescription for reform that includes freedom of choice among public and private schools.