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| Acknowledgments | ||
| Series Editors' Introduction | ||
| 1 | The American Educational System: How Has It Come to Be? | 1 |
| Everyone Is an Expert | 1 | |
| Values and Ideologies in Conflict | 3 | |
| Historical Origins | 5 | |
| In Review | 13 | |
| 2 | Who Is in Charge and How Equal Are We? | 16 |
| Levels of Educational Control | 16 | |
| School Financing - The Great Equity Debate | 27 | |
| In Summary | 34 | |
| 3 | What's Wrong With the Way Educational System is Organized | 36 |
| Restructuring Defined | 39 | |
| The Rise of Centralization and the "Educational Bureaucracy" | 40 | |
| A New Awareness | 43 | |
| What Does a Restructured System Look Like? | 44 | |
| Why the Debate? | 48 | |
| Moving Ahead | 56 | |
| 4 | How Can We Hold the System Accountable? | 58 |
| National and State Goal Setting | 60 | |
| National Standards and Assessments | 61 | |
| The Debate on Testing | 64 | |
| Teacher and School Rewards and Sanctions | 75 | |
| Student/Parent Rewards and Sanctions | 82 | |
| Educational Warranties | 87 | |
| Can Accountability Be Achieved? | 88 | |
| 5 | What's the Big Deal About Choice? | 90 |
| Choice Defined | 91 | |
| Historical Review | 93 | |
| Choice Activities During the Past Decade | 95 | |
| Specific Choice Programs | 97 | |
| Choice - An Idea With Lots of Appeal | 102 | |
| Specific Aspects of the Debate | 105 | |
| Summary Snapshot of the Debate | 119 | |
| The Future | 120 | |
| A Clash of Basic Values and Freedoms | 122 | |
| 6 | Can Schools Do It All? | 125 |
| The Bilingual Education Debate | 127 | |
| Desegregation and Busing | 135 | |
| Disadvantaged Youth | 140 | |
| Can Schools Do It All? | 144 | |
| 7 | What Is the Future of the U.S. Educational System? | 146 |
| Current National Activities | 146 | |
| A Vision | 149 | |
| A Dream? | 151 | |
| References | 154 | |
| Index | 161 | |
| About the Author | 168 |
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Frankie Coyner
reviewed Controversial Issues in Educational Policy, Vol. 5 on August 07, 2016
Controversial Issues in Educational Policy, Vol. 5
This is a collection of articles/essays by supporters of school choice programs around the world. Most of the articles take a critical look at the "choice" programs in countries where they exist and discuss what separates them from true free education markets. With the exception of the article on Chile's system, there was a widespread lack of school performance data cited, which made the essays somewhat less than impactful. This book provides interesting background information on the education policies in a handful of countries (Sweden, New Zealand, Chile...), but the lasting impression that the book leaves is that America can learn very little from school choice programs in other countries because none of them go nearly far enough. The final article by John Merrifield was the most interesting of the collection.
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