School Choice and the Future of American Democracy

by Scott Abernathy

Book Overview

In School Choice and the Future of American Democracy, Scott Franklin Abernathy shows what is lost in the school choice debate. Abernathy looks at parents as citizens who exert power over the educational system through everything from their votes on school budgets to their membership on school boards. Challenging the assumption that public schools will improve when confronted with market-based reforms, Abernathy examines the possibility that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472069012
• ISBN13: 9780472069019
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.0"