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Title:

Privatizing education : can the marketplace deliver choice, efficiency, equity, and social cohesion? / edited by Henry M. Levin.

Publisher:

Westview Press,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

xii, 373 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Privatization in education--United States.

Other Authors:

Levin, Henry M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. Studying privatization in education / Henry M. Levin -- Educational vouchers and the media / Lee D. Mitgang and Christopher V. Connell. Implementation issues. The legal status of privatization and vouchers in education / Frank R. Kemerer -- Information and choice in educational privatization / Mark Schneider. Preschools and higher education. Preschools and privatization / Ellen Magenheim -- Privatization in higher education / Arthur Levine. International dimensions. Privatization through vouchers in developing countries : the cases of Chile and Colombia / Martin Carnoy and Patrick J. McEwan -- Privatization in industrialized countries / Geoffrey Walford. Charter schools. Assessing the growth and potential of charter schools / Pearl Rock Kane and Christopher J. Lauricella -- Privatization and charter school reform : economic, political and social dimensions / Amy Stuart Wells and Janelle Scott. Perspectives of stakeholders. Vouchers, privatization, and the poor / Gary Natriello -- Teachers and privatization / Caroline Hodges Persell. Evaluation designs. Criteria for evaluating school voucher studies / Devid E. Myers -- Designing education voucher experiments : recommendations for researchers, funders, and users / Fred Doolittle and Wendy Connors.

ISBN:

9780813366401 (alk. paper)
0813366402 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45620591

LCCN:

00054656

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)