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

• Autore: Woods Philip A. <1950, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.1/11/0942
• Soggetto topico: School choice - England; School choice - Wales
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BagleyCarl <1958-> GlatterRon
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: School choice and competition
• ISBN: 1-134-77039-1; 1-280-14070-4; 0-203-98372-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450733703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Educational management series.