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Getting choice right : ensuring equity and efficiency in education policy / Julian R. Betts and Tom Loveless, editors.

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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.Description: vi, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0815753322 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815753322 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815753314 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780815753315 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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LB 1027.9 .G475 2005

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Table of contents

Contents:

School choice, equity, and efficiency -- Julian R. Betts and Tom Loveless -- The economic theory of school choice / Julian R. Betts -- Understanding how families choose schools / Laura Hamilton and Kacey Guin -- The supply side of school choice / Julian R. Betts, Dan Goldhaber, and Larry Rosenstock -- How school choice affects student achievement / Frederick M. Hess and Tom Loveless -- How school choice affects students who do not choose / Dan Toldhaber, Kacey Guin, Jeffrey R. Henig, Frederick M. Hess, and Janet A. Weiss -- School choice and integration / Brian Gill -- Charter schools and integration : the experience in Michigan / Karen E. Ross -- Understanding the political conflict over school choice / Jeffrey R. Henig -- School choice and civic values -- Patrick J. Wolf.

School choice, equity, and efficiency / Julian R. Betts and Tom Loveless -- The economic theory of school choice / Julian R. Betts -- Understanding how families choose schools / Laura S. Hamilton and Kacey Guin -- The supply side of school choice / Julian R. Betts, Dan Goldhaber, and Larry Rosenstock -- How school choice affects student achievement / Frederick M. Hess and Tom Loveless -- How school choice affects students who do not choose / Dan Goldhaber ... [et al.] -- School choice and integration / Brian Gill -- Charter schools and integration : the experience in Michigan / Karen E. Ross -- Understanding the political conflict over school choice / Jeffrey R. Henig -- School choice and civic values / Patrick J. Wolf.

Summary: "Analyzes the potential costs and benefits of school choice and discusses policy mechanisms that would maximize its benefits while mitigating its social costs, specifically in terms of racial and religious issues and the promotion of civic values"--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Storms Research Center Main Collection	LB 1027.9 .G475 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	98632287

"Analyzes the potential costs and benefits of school choice and discusses policy mechanisms that would maximize its benefits while mitigating its social costs, specifically in terms of racial and religious issues and the promotion of civic values"--Provided by publisher.