The Market Approach to Education : : An Analysis of America's First Voucher Program / / John F. Witte.
Milwaukee, one of the nation's most segregated metropolitan areas, implemented in 1990 a school choice program aimed at improving the education of inner-city children by enabling them to attend a selection of private schools. The results of this experiment, however, have been overshadowed by th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2001] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Edition: | Core Textbook |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 4 line illus. 32 tables, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Enduring Controversy over Educational Choice
- 3. Educational Choice and the Milwaukee Voucher Program
- 4. Who Participates in Choice Programs?
- 5. The Milwaukee Choice Schools
- 6. Outcomes of the Milwaukee Voucher Program
- 7. The Politics of Vouchers
- 8. Conclusions and Implications
- References
- Index