Screen LibraryPublic school choice vs. private school vouchers
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Century Foundation Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 202 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0870784846 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | G571 |
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G571.22 G571.21 |
| Call Number: | G571.21/P976 |
| Contents: |
"A Century Foundation Volume of essays." Includes bibliographical references. Introduction : The three liberal responses to private school vouchers / Richard D. Kahlenberg -- pt. 1. The false promise of school vouchers -- Overview: Overblown claims and nagging questions / Gordon MacInnes ; The problem with private school tax exemptions / Richard C. Leone -- Myth # 1. Vouchers raise student achievement: The early research on school vouchers / Gordon MacInnes ; Recent evidence on the effectiveness of school voucher programs / Bernard Wasow ; The problem of taking private school voucher programs to scale / Richard D. Kahlenberg -- Myth #2. Vouchers are part of the new civil rights movement: Vouchers and Brown v. Board of Education / Richard C. Leone ; Vouchers and segregation / Century Foundation Task Force on the Common School ; Choice and segregation in New Zealand / Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd ; Private schools and segregation / Sean F. Reardon and John T. Yun ; Charter schools and racial and social class segregation / Amy Stuart Wells, et al. ; Choosing segregation / Gordon MacInnes -- Myth #3. Vouchers promote democracy: Vouchers and citizenship / Richard D. Kahlenberg ; Why school choice could demolish national unity / Richard Just ; Religious schooling with public dollars / Gordon MacInnes -- Myth #4. American public is clamoring for vouchers: Vouchers and public opinion / Ruy Teixeira ; Congress and school vouchers / Thad Hall -- pt. 2. The public school choice alternative -- Overview : Progressive alternatives to school vouchers / Brent Staples, et al. ; The people's choice for schools / Richard D. Kahlenberg -- Public school choice : student achievement, integration, democracy, and public support: Equitable public school choice / Richard D. Kahlenberg ; Eliminating poverty concentrations through public school choice / Century Foundation Task Force on the Common School ; Public support for public school choice / Richard D. Kahlenberg. |