| School Choice and Student Well-Being: Opportunity and Capability in Education 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Kelly, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349361704 ISBN-13: 9781349361700 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Social Science | Sociology - General - Education | Finance |
| Dewey: 379.111 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.75 lbs) 247 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This review of research in school choice adapts Sen's theory of Capability developing a more complex theoretical framework for understanding education markets. This gives those most affected by the perceived failure of public education a better explication of the tension between the rhetoric of public good and the reality of everyday disadvantage. |
