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Author Fiske, Edward B.

Title When schools compete : a cautionary tale / Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2000.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  379.93 F545w    ---  Available
Description xvii, 342 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-328) and index.
Contents Background and context -- The tomorrow's schools reforms -- Self-governing schools -- Goals and accountability -- Funding of schools -- Parental choice and enrollment patterns -- Culture of competition -- Picking up the pieces -- Lessons for the United States and other countries.
Subject School improvement programs -- New Zealand -- Case studies.
Education -- Social aspects -- New Zealand -- Case studies.
Education and state -- New Zealand -- Case studies.
Added Author Ladd, Helen F.
ISBN 0815728352 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815728360 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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