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- ISBN 9781576073469
- Publication Date: 09 Jan 2003
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Explore this controversial approach to education, its practical applications, successes, and failures in a straightforward guide that covers every facet of the issue, from for-profit schools to outsourcing of school management to vouchers.
The book covers everything from school vouchers to little-known market-based educational reforms like for-profit management of public schools, commercialism in the classroom, philanthropic tuition sponsorships, faith-based charities, educational tax credits, corporate curriculum, and advertising as well as exclusive agreements between companies and schools. It includes case studies of two well-established voucher systems: the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the private national voucher policy in Chile, a program started in l973. The book also includes a chronology, directories, bibliographies, and other reference content.
- Coverage of private curriculum efforts, outsourcing, the role of teacher unions, and the emergence of for-profit schools
- Provides a directory of organizations, associations, and government agencies involved with private choice, vouchers, and market-based educational reforms
Danny Weil is professor of philosophy and critical thinking at Allen Hancock College in Santa Maria, CA, and the director of the Critical Thinking Institute.
