The School Choice Wars
John Merrifield

List Price: $57.50 ISBN: 0-8108-3953-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-3953-3 Pub Date: 2001 224 pages Binding: Cloth Availability: In Stock   List Price: $27.95 ISBN: 0-8108-3956-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-3956-4 Pub Date: 2001 232 pages Binding: Paper Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

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SUBJECTS
Children's & Young Adult Services » Children's & Young Adult Services (General)
Children's & Young Adult Services » Teacher Resources
Library & Information Science » Children's & Young Adult Services

REVIEWS
"...my early favorite for Best School Reform Book of 2001. Even school reformers committed to an incrementalist approach will benefit from Merrifield's instructions on the proper use of rhetoric and the importance of communicating the goal of creating a true competitive education industry." —Joseph L. Bast, author of We Can Rescue Our Children and Rebuilding America's Schools, founding publisher of School Reform News and president of the Heartland Institute

DESCRIPTION
What does the term "school choice" mean to you? Opponents of parental choice have muddied its definition, misleading parents and educators and drawing public debate away from the core issues. In a book geared for anyone who wants to better understand this hotly contested topic, Merrifield clarifies the proposals in existence today, defining the key concepts related to choice. Arguing for a competitive education industry, he discusses policy and political strategy mistakes while suggesting corrections. This informative book covers government regulation issues, typical fallacies, diversity issues, private voucher initiatives, and experiments and empirical evidence about competition.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Merrifield is a member of the Economics Faculty at the University of Texas, San Antonio, and a Senior Research Associate at the Education Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

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