| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 397 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: School Choice, Civic Values, and Problems of Policy Comparison; 2. Regulating School Choice to Promote Civic Values: Constitutional and Political Issues in the Netherlands; 3. Private Schools as Public Provision for Education: School Choice and Market Forces in the Netherlands; 4. Regulation, Choice, and Basic Values in Education in England and Walkes: A Legal Perspective; 5. School Choice Policies and Social Integration: The Experience of England and Wales; 6. Regulating School Choice in Belgium's Flemish Community. |
| Summary |
The United States is in the midst of historic experiments with publicly funded choice in K-12 education, experiments that recently received a 'green light' from the Supreme Court. Other countries have long experience with the funding and regulation of nonpublic schools. What is the US hoping to learn from these experiences? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
School choice -- Case studies.
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School choice. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Civics -- Study and teaching -- Case studies.
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Civics -- Study and teaching. |
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Private schools -- Finance -- Case studies.
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Private schools -- Finance. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Wolf, Patrick J.
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Macedo, Stephen, 1957-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Educating citizens. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2004 0815795165 0815795173 (DLC) 2004011977 (OCoLC)55625663 |
| ISBN |
0815796684 (electronic book) |
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9780815796688 (electronic book) |
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9780815795162 |
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0815795165 |
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9780815795179 |
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0815795173 |
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1280813075 |
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9781280813078 |
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