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1	Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle Over School Choice more books like this by Clint Bolick add to wishlist Set against the backdrop of a monopoly public school system that consigns millions of disadvantaged children to educational inequality, the recent Cleveland school vouchers case, appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, has brought this issue to national attention. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
2	Charter Schools: The Parent's Complete Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Make the Right Decision for Your Child more books like this by Frederick A Birkett, Ed.M. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.45! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Going Public: Your Child Can Thrive in Public School more books like this by David Pritchard, Kelli Pritchard, Dean Merrill add to wishlist Addresses the public, private, or home school dilemma faced by families nationwide. Find out how school-age children can thrive, what the Bible says about education, how to get involved at school and teach at home, in addition to public school. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $6.50! \| SVS
4	School Choice and Social Controversy: Politics, Policy, and Law more books like this by Stephen D Sugarman (Editor), Frank Kemerer (Editor) add to wishlist In this volume, legal and public policy scholars address the issues central to the successful drafting and implementation of school choice programmes that are usually overlooked in the choice debate. They explore whether school choice is a threat or an opportunity for the children at the heart of the issue. The book begins with a discussion of the ... see all copies from $3.57! new only from $23.95! \| first editions
5	The Last Freedom: Religion from the Public School to the Public Square more books like this by Professor Joseph P Viteritti add to wishlist The presidency of George W. Bush has polarized the church-state debate as never before. The Far Right has been emboldened to use religion to govern, while the Far Left has redoubled its efforts to evict religion from public life entirely. Fewer people on the Right seem to respect the church-state separation, and fewer people on the Left seem to ... see all copies from $7.90! new only from $22.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Choosing Schools: Consumer Choice and the Quality of American Schools more books like this by Mark Schneider, Paul Teske, Melissa Marschall add to wishlist School choice seeks to create a competitive arena in which public schools will attain academic excellence, encourage individual student performance, and achieve social balance. In debating the feasibility of this market approach to improving school systems, analysts have focused primarily on schools as suppliers of education, but an important ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.40!
7	The Political Dynamics of School Choice: Negotiating Contested Terrain more books like this by Lance D Fusarelli add to wishlist This title examines a question about the relationship between the charter school and voucher issues: to what degree does political support for charter schools from a coalition of teacher associations, school board groups, superintendents, and voucher advocates slow or even stop the forces for vouchers? Or, do these coalitions, which successfully ... see all copies from $7.45! new only from $33.25! \| first editions
8	Straight Talk about Schools Today: Understand the System and Help Your Child Succeed more books like this by Judy Molland add to wishlist Schools in the United States are changing, with a teaching focus on core subject areas and basic skills. Funds are getting tighter, program priorities are shifting, and parent involvement is more important than ever. Writing in easy-to-follow Q&A style, an award-winning educator takes you by the hand and guides you through the system: ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.18! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Market Movements: African American Involvement in School Voucher Reform more books like this by Thomas Pedroni add to wishlist Through careful ethnographic research, "Market Movements" represents community leaders, school officials, and most importantly, African American working class families who have used vouchers as a means of removing their children from public schools they deemed unacceptable. The book works to discern the overlaps and tensions between the ... see all copies from $29.84! new only from $29.84!
10	The Future of School Choice more books like this by Paul E Peterson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69!
11 view cover	Privatizing Educational Choice: Consequences for Parents, Schools, and Public Policy more books like this by Clive R Belfield, Prof. Henry M Levin add to wishlist Controversies over the merits of public and private education have never been more prominent than today. This book evaluates public and private schooling, especially in regard to choices families must make for their children.While choice among publics schools is widely advocated today by families and states, public support for private education - ... see all copies from $14.63! new only from $37.07! \| SVS
12 view cover	Handbook on Choosing Your Child's Education: A Personalized Plan for Every Age and Stage more books like this by Maria Hernandez Ferrier (Editor) add to wishlist Parents today are faced with a wide, often bewildering variety of choices for educating their children, from traditional public schools to private schools, from Christian schools to home schooling. "The Handbook on Choosing Your Child's Education" will help parents navigate through the many options and based on their needs, make the best education ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.58! \| SVS
13 view cover	School Choice: Why You Need It, How You Get It more books like this by David Harmer add to wishlist What school choice will mean and how we get it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.62! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Could It Be Otherwise?: Parents and the Inequalities of Public School Choice more books like this by Lois Andre-Bechely add to wishlist 'So where did you go to school?' is a question that still pricks at our pride and prejudices. The weight of this question is borne by children and parents across generations, still playing a key part in forming our notions of identity and society. This study tells the story of how the educational choices made by a group of mothers and fathers ... see all copies from $31.52! new only from $31.52! \| SVS
15 view cover	Handbook of Research on School Choice more books like this by Berends Mark add to wishlist Since the early 1990s when the nation's first charter school was opened in Minneapolis, the scope and availability of school-based options to parents has steadily expanded. Sponsored by the National Center on School Choice (NCSC), this handbook makes readily available the most rigorous and policy-relevant research on K-12 school choice. Coverage ... see all copies from $98.98! new only from $98.98! \| SVS
16 view cover	School Choice Tradeoffs: Liberty, Equity, and Diversity more books like this by R Kenneth Godwin, Frank Kemerer add to wishlist Educational policy in a democracy goes beyond teaching literacy and numeracy. It also supports teaching moral reasoning, political tolerance, respect for diversity, and citizenship. Education policy should encourage liberty and equality of opportunity, hold educational institutions accountable, and be efficient. School Choice Tradeoffs examines ... see all copies from $2.03! new only from $24.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	School Choice or Best Systems CL more books like this by Dr. Herbert J Walberg (Editor), Margaret C Wang (Editor) add to wishlist A discussion of education systems and how education can be improved. Topics covered include: understanding market-based school reform; chartered governance of urban public schools; private vouchers; school choice experiments in urban education; and case studies of systems. see all copies from $6.61! new only from $118.08!
18 view cover	Rhetoric Versus Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know about School Vouchers and Charter Schools more books like this by Brian P Gill, P Michael Timpane, Karen E Ross add to wishlist How can public schools be improved? One radical solution that has been proposed is to provide parents with a voucher for a specified dollar amount for use at any public or private school (both religious and non-religious). Proponents argue that those children using the voucher would be able to attend more effective and efficient private schools, ... see all copies from $4.94! new only from $51.78!
19 view cover	The Economics of School Choice more books like this by Dan C Lortie, Caroline M Hoxby (Editor) add to wishlist Now that the US Supreme Court has declared school voucher programs constitutional, the question of what the effects of school choice will be becomes especially pressing. Contributors to this volume draw on state-of-the-art economic methods to investigate how school choice affects a wide range of issues. Combining the results of empirical research ... see all copies from $59.80! new only from $81.03!
20 view cover	School Choice Policies and Outcomes: Empirical and Philosophical Perspectives more books like this by Mr. Walter Feinberg (Editor), Christopher Lubienski (Editor) add to wishlist Provides a clear assessment of all sides of the school choice debate. see all copies from $27.94! new only from $27.94! \| SVS
21 view cover	A School for Every Child: School Choice in America Today more books like this by Sandra Harris (Editor), Sandra Lynn Tillman Lowery (Editor) add to wishlist In recent years, the many options for alternative school structures have become a pervasive reality for parents and educators alike. Professional educators Drs. Harris and Lowery present a compelling and detailed analysis of the practical and philosophical questions that arise when choosing a magnet, independent, religious, or home schooling ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $32.80!
22	School Choice: A Special Report more books like this by Ernest L. Boyer, Carnegie Foundation for The Advancement add to wishlist This book clarifies a number of issues surrounding the struggle for the soul of American education. Drawing on interviews and analyses of research, the author examines a variety of school choice plans around the nation and analyzes their outcome in terms of student achievement, school improvement, and the rights of citizens. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00!
23 view cover	Myths of Educational Choice more books like this by Judith Pearson add to wishlist This volume offers a comprehensive examination of the concerns about educational choice. Judy Pearson identifies errors, omissions and fallacies in the economic and political theories used to justify choice and raises questions about the potential impacts of choice on both urban and rural public schools and consumers. The range of potential ... see all copies from $5.97! new only from $74.07! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Alliance Against Education Reform more books like this by Richard G Neal add to wishlist After the Collapse of Public Schools is the fourth in a series of books Richard Neal has written on the subject of freedom of choice in education. It is the culmination of many years of research and experience and covers topics not included in the author's previous books. The key lessons revealed in this book are: The government's interest in ... see all copies from $10.53! new only from $10.53! \| SVS
25 view cover	Restructuring Education: Innovations and Evaluations of Alternative Systems more books like this by Simon Hakim (Editor), Judith C Stull (Editor), Daniel J Ryan (Editor) add to wishlist This work discusses the proposals for the reform of education in America including: greater school choice; charter schools; promoting contact with the business community; and public-private partnerships. Several chapters assess current research on choice and restructuring. see all copies from $74.00! new only from $74.00!

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