School Vouchers and Privatization: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576073469)

Explore this controversial approach to education, its practical applications, successes, and failures in a straightforward guide that covers every facet of the issue, from for-profit schools to outsourcing of school management to vouchers.

The book covers everything from school vouchers to little-known market-based educational reforms like for-profit management of public schools, commercialism in the classroom, philanthropic tuition sponsorships, faith-based charities, educational tax credits, corporate curriculum, and advertising as well as exclusive agreements between companies and schools. It includes case studies of two well-established voucher systems: the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the private national voucher policy in Chile, a program started in l973. The book also includes a chronology, directories, bibliographies, and other reference content.

Author: Danny Weil
ISBN-10: 1576073467
ISBN-13: 9781576073469
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 01/09/2003
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.56w x 1.22d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 06/01/2003 pg. 93
Booklist 07/01/2003 pg. 1916