School Choice

The End of Public Education?

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Educational Reform, Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Author: Mercedes K. Schneider ISBN: 9780807774243
Publisher: Teachers College Press Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Mercedes K. Schneider
ISBN: 9780807774243
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

Proponents of market-driven education reform view vouchers and charters as superior to local-board-run, community-based public schools. However, the author of this timely volume argues that there is no clear research supporting this view. In fact, she claims there is increasing evidence of charter mismanagement—with public funding all-too-often being squandered while public schools are being closed or consolidated. Tracing the origins of vouchers and charters in the United States, this book examines the push to “globally compete” with education systems in countries such as China and Finland. It documents issues important to the school choice debate, including the impoverishment of public schools to support privatized schools, the abandonment of long-held principles of public education, questionable disciplinary practices, and community disruption. School Choice: The End of Public Education? is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the past and future of public education in America.

Book Features:

  • Provides a comprehensive historical account of the origins of vouchers and charters.
  • Includes accounts of intriguing historical experiences.
  • Examines the defunding of neighborhood public schools in favor of often underregulated charters.
  • Reveals charter school “churn” that often follows the closing of a mismanaged charter.
  • Provides a cogent counternarrative to the claim that charters are necessary for America to compete globally.

“How fortunate that we have another soon-to-be classic from Mercedes Schneider that informs and empowers us all for the fight back!”
—Joyce E. King, Georgia State University

“Schneider provides a must-read for anyone, especially educators, interested in the future of public education.”
—Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, Louisiana State University

“Outstanding! Powerful! This is the most interesting and best-researched book on school choice I've ever read.”
—Julian Vasquez Heilig, California State University

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Proponents of market-driven education reform view vouchers and charters as superior to local-board-run, community-based public schools. However, the author of this timely volume argues that there is no clear research supporting this view. In fact, she claims there is increasing evidence of charter mismanagement—with public funding all-too-often being squandered while public schools are being closed or consolidated. Tracing the origins of vouchers and charters in the United States, this book examines the push to “globally compete” with education systems in countries such as China and Finland. It documents issues important to the school choice debate, including the impoverishment of public schools to support privatized schools, the abandonment of long-held principles of public education, questionable disciplinary practices, and community disruption. School Choice: The End of Public Education? is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the past and future of public education in America.

Book Features:

“How fortunate that we have another soon-to-be classic from Mercedes Schneider that informs and empowers us all for the fight back!”
—Joyce E. King, Georgia State University

“Schneider provides a must-read for anyone, especially educators, interested in the future of public education.”
—Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, Louisiana State University

“Outstanding! Powerful! This is the most interesting and best-researched book on school choice I've ever read.”
—Julian Vasquez Heilig, California State University

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