Restructuring education : innovations and evaluations of alternative systems /
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| Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000. |
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| Description: | xi, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Privatizing government, 1087-5603 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4332561 |
Table of Contents:
- Figures and Tables
- Foreword: A New Social Contract
- 1. Introduction: Current Trends in Educational Restructuring
- I. The Education Framework
- 2. School Choice for Strong Schools
- 3. Who Should Decide the Why, What, and How of Schooling?
- II. Choice in Education
- 4. Choice, Charters, and Privatization
- 5. Can School Choice Deliver What It Promises?
- 6. School Choice in the United States and Other Countries: Private Goals and Public Policies
- 7. School Choice in the Inner City: The Case of New York's District 4
- 8. School Choice as Policy Reform: Issues and Approaches
- III. Restructuring Education
- 9. Accountability: Renewing Public Schools in Chicago
- 10. Chartered in Uncharted Waters
- 11. Market-Driven Education
- 12. Making Greater and Better Use of the Private Sector in Education: Suggestions for School-Business Partnerships
- 13. The Contracting Out of Instructional Services
- 14. Restructuring Schools Through School-Based Management: Experiences and Insights from Twelve Districts
- 15. Teaching Know-How: The School-to-Work Movement to Restructure Education
- Index
- About the Editors and Contributors
