School Choice Policies and Outcomes: Empirical and Philosophical Perspectives

by Walter Feinberg

Perhaps no school reform has generated as much interest and controversy in recent years as the proposal to have parents select their children's schools. Opponents of school choice fear that rolling back the government's role will lead to profit-driven financial scandals, sectarianism, and increased class and racial isolation. School choice advocates believe that state provision, oversight, and regulation stifle entrepreneurial creativity. The contributors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791475719
• ISBN13: 9780791475713
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"