| Privatizing Education: Can the Marketplace Deliver Choice, Efficiency, Equity, and Social Cohesion? Contributor(s): Levin, Henry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813366402 ISBN-13: 9780813366401 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: Privatizing Education is a collection of essays written by such luminaries as Arthur Levine, Martin Carnoy, Caroline Persell, Amy Stuart Wells, Geoffrey Walford, Gary Natriello, and Peter Cookson who examine one of the hottest topics in education today -- the efforts by some groups and lobbyists to move education from the public to the private sector. This is occurring through tuition tax credits, vouchers, and some charter school initiatives. The volume grows out of a conference that took place at Columbia University Teachers College called "Setting the Agenda". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Administration - General |
| Dewey: 379 |
| LCCN: 00054656 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.98" W x 8.86" (1.12 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Privatizing Educationis a collection of essays written by such luminaries as Martin Carnoy, Christopher Connell, Wendy Connors, Fred Doolittle, Pearl Rock Kane, Frank Kemerer, Christopher Lauricella, Arthur Levine, Ellen Magenheim, Patrick McEwan, Lee D. Mitgang, David Myers, Gary Natriello, Caroline Persell, Mark Schneider, Janelle Scott, Geoffrey Walford, and Amy Stuart Wells who examine the efforts of some educators, reformers, investors, and political groups to move education from the public to the private sector. This is occurring through tuition tax credits, voucher initiatives, and for-profit, educational management organizations. The volume grows out of a conference that took place at Columbia University's Teachers College which launched the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education. |
