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School Choice Wars
John D. Merrifield
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Description for School Choice Wars
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: G; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
What does the term 'school choice' mean to you? Opponents of parental choice have muddied its definition, misleading parents and educators and drawing public debate away from the core issues. In a book geared for anyone who wants to better understand this hotly contested topic, Merrifield clarifies the proposals in existence today, defining the key concepts related to choice. Arguing for a competitive education industry, he discusses policy and political strategy mistakes while suggesting corrections. This informative book covers government regulation issues, typical fallacies, diversity issues, private voucher initiatives, and experiments and empirical evidence about competition.
What does the term 'school choice' mean to you? Opponents of parental choice have muddied its definition, misleading parents and educators and drawing public debate away from the core issues. In a book geared for anyone who wants to better understand this hotly contested topic, Merrifield clarifies the proposals in existence today, defining the key concepts related to choice. Arguing for a competitive education industry, he discusses policy and political strategy mistakes while suggesting corrections. This informative book covers government regulation issues, typical fallacies, diversity issues, private voucher initiatives, and experiments and empirical evidence about competition.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9780810839564
SKU
V9780810839564
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99-15
About John D. Merrifield
John Merrifield is a member of the Economics Faculty at the University of Texas, San Antonio, and a Senior Research Associate at the Education Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
Reviews for School Choice Wars
Passionate and persuasive. Merrifield pulls no punches in his criticism of alternate approaches. This important book is bound to be controversial.
Dr. Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Laureate ...a seminal contribution to explaining why the current school choice wars cannot change our educational system.
Seymour Sarason, Ph.D., emeritus professor of psychology at Yale University, and author of Political Leadership and Educational Failure In presenting the issues of a truly competitive education industry, he is as much a teacher as a researcher. No matter what camp of education reform you belong to, you can learn a great deal from The School Choice Wars.
John Pisciotta, senior fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation and associate professor of Economics, Baylor University ...my early favorite for Best School Reform Book of 2001. Even school reformers committed to an incrementalist approach will benefit from Merrifield's instructions on the proper use of rhetoric and the importance of communicating the goal of creating a true competitive education industry.
Joseph L. Bast, author of We Can Rescue Our Children and Rebuilding America's Schools, founding publisher of School Reform News and president of The School Choice Wars is essential reading in the discussions of education reform.... If his analysis is widely read, it will transform the debate over school choice in the United States, to a debate over a competitive education industry.
Dr. Myron Lieberman, chairman, Education Policy Institute ...a sharp, punchy, action-oriented book. The author...appears to have read — and cited — every article and study on school choice ever written.
Martin Morse Wooster
The Washington Times
The book, citing up-to-date research, would be a valuable resource to administrators regardless of where they stand on the issue of school choice.
School Administrator
Dr. Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Laureate ...a seminal contribution to explaining why the current school choice wars cannot change our educational system.
Seymour Sarason, Ph.D., emeritus professor of psychology at Yale University, and author of Political Leadership and Educational Failure In presenting the issues of a truly competitive education industry, he is as much a teacher as a researcher. No matter what camp of education reform you belong to, you can learn a great deal from The School Choice Wars.
John Pisciotta, senior fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation and associate professor of Economics, Baylor University ...my early favorite for Best School Reform Book of 2001. Even school reformers committed to an incrementalist approach will benefit from Merrifield's instructions on the proper use of rhetoric and the importance of communicating the goal of creating a true competitive education industry.
Joseph L. Bast, author of We Can Rescue Our Children and Rebuilding America's Schools, founding publisher of School Reform News and president of The School Choice Wars is essential reading in the discussions of education reform.... If his analysis is widely read, it will transform the debate over school choice in the United States, to a debate over a competitive education industry.
Dr. Myron Lieberman, chairman, Education Policy Institute ...a sharp, punchy, action-oriented book. The author...appears to have read — and cited — every article and study on school choice ever written.
Martin Morse Wooster
The Washington Times
The book, citing up-to-date research, would be a valuable resource to administrators regardless of where they stand on the issue of school choice.
School Administrator