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School Choice Tradeoffs : Liberty, Equity, and Diversity / R. Kenneth Godwin, Frank R. Kemerer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (335 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292798625
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 379.1/11/0973
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. School Choice Options and Issues: An Overview -- 2. The Outcomes of School Choice Policies -- 3. Political Theory and School Choice -- 4. Parent Rights, School Choice, and Equality of Opportunity -- 5. Vouchers and Tax Benefits: Tradeoffs between Religious Freedom and Separation of Church and State -- 6. The Economics of Choice -- 7. School Choice Regulation: Accountability versus Autonomy -- 8. The Politics of Choice and a Proposed School Choice Policy -- Notes -- Selected References -- Index
Summary: Educational policy in a democracy goes beyond teaching literacy and numeracy. It also supports teaching moral reasoning, political tolerance, respect for diversity, and citizenship. Education policy should encourage liberty and equality of opportunity, hold educational institutions accountable, and be efficient. School Choice Tradeoffs examines the tradeoffs among these goals when government affords parents the means to select the schools their children attend. Godwin and Kemerer compare current policy that uses family residence to assign students to schools with alternative policies that range from expanding public choice options to school vouchers. They identify the benefits and costs of each policy approach through a review of past empirical literature, the presentation of new empirical work, and legal and philosophic analysis. The authors offer a balanced perspective that goes beyond rhetoric and ideology to offer policymakers and the public insight into the complex tradeoffs that are inherent in the design and implementation of school choice policies. While all policies create winners and losers, the key questions concern who these individuals are and how much they gain or lose. By placing school choice within a broader context, this book will stimulate reflective thought in all readers.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. School Choice Options and Issues: An Overview -- 2. The Outcomes of School Choice Policies -- 3. Political Theory and School Choice -- 4. Parent Rights, School Choice, and Equality of Opportunity -- 5. Vouchers and Tax Benefits: Tradeoffs between Religious Freedom and Separation of Church and State -- 6. The Economics of Choice -- 7. School Choice Regulation: Accountability versus Autonomy -- 8. The Politics of Choice and a Proposed School Choice Policy -- Notes -- Selected References -- Index

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Educational policy in a democracy goes beyond teaching literacy and numeracy. It also supports teaching moral reasoning, political tolerance, respect for diversity, and citizenship. Education policy should encourage liberty and equality of opportunity, hold educational institutions accountable, and be efficient. School Choice Tradeoffs examines the tradeoffs among these goals when government affords parents the means to select the schools their children attend. Godwin and Kemerer compare current policy that uses family residence to assign students to schools with alternative policies that range from expanding public choice options to school vouchers. They identify the benefits and costs of each policy approach through a review of past empirical literature, the presentation of new empirical work, and legal and philosophic analysis. The authors offer a balanced perspective that goes beyond rhetoric and ideology to offer policymakers and the public insight into the complex tradeoffs that are inherent in the design and implementation of school choice policies. While all policies create winners and losers, the key questions concern who these individuals are and how much they gain or lose. By placing school choice within a broader context, this book will stimulate reflective thought in all readers.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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