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Author Good, Thomas L., 1943-

Title The great school debate : choice, vouchers, and charters / Thomas L. Good, Jennifer S. Braden.

Imprint Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2000.

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Description xvii, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents American education : how good is it and who should control it? -- Crisis in public education : past and present -- Student performance in American schools : an empirical report card -- Emergence of school vouchers and choice in American schools -- In the 1990s, government created charter schools -- Charter schools : effective investment or wasteful experiment? -- Charter schools : some of the best and worst in American education? -- Dealing with complexity and uncertainty : moving schooling forward -- Presidential election 2000 and beyond.
Subject Privatization in education.
School choice.
Educational vouchers.
Charter schools.
Education -- Evaluation.
Added Author Braden, Jennifer S.
ISBN 0805835512 (paper : acid-free paper)
0805836918 (cloth : acid-free paper)

 
    
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