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Overview
The book covers everything from school vouchers to little-known market-based educational reforms like for-profit management of public schools, commercialism in the classroom, philanthropic tuition sponsorships, faith-based charities, educational tax credits, corporate curriculum, and advertising as well as exclusive agreements between companies and schools. It includes case studies of two well-established voucher systems: the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the private national voucher policy in Chile, a program started in l973. The book also includes a chronology, directories, bibliographies, and other reference content.
Synopsis
Explore this controversial approach to education, its practical applications, successes, and failures in a straightforward guide that covers every facet of the issue, from for-profit schools to outsourcing of school management to vouchers.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"[A] thought-provoking book that looks at both the theoretical and empirical issues surrounding school privatization … Throughout the discussion, Weil produces a fair and balanced treatment of some truly controversial issues. A must-read for those interested in the privatization of U.S. schools. Essential. All levels."
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