Reviews for Successful Grants Program Management

The average rating for Successful Grants Program Management based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-05-08 00:00:00 Don Caissey This is actually a collection of essays written by others, on the advantages and disadvantages of charter schools and private schools versus public schools. I tried reading this with an open mind, but the most glaring problem is the book is heavy on hypothesis and speculation, and light of actual, raw data. The charts that were there were either useless or confusing. The last two essays were the best. Another problem is it's pretty dated at this point; many of the "oh, this probably won't happen" speculations actually have happened (example, charter schools pulling money from public schools). I'm sure there are ways education can be improved in America (and needs to be improved). But this book is not exactly the source for this type of inspiration.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-04-16 00:00:00 Paul Long 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.