Privatizing Education and Educational Choice: Concepts, Plans, and Experiences

by Simon Hakim (Editor), Paul Seidenstat (Editor), Gary W. Bowman (Editor)

Overview

Eighteen experts, including Albert Shanker, Ernest L. Boyer, Thomas Kean, and John Menge, examine the issues surrounding educational choice in public school systems and the voucher system for private schools. They discuss when choice should be considered, methods of implementation, and the extent to which government should be involved. Descriptions and evaluations of choice programs that have been implemented are presented. The book includes contributions from both supporters and opponents of choice presented within an academic framework to enhance examination, debate, and analysis. Since 37 states have adopted legislation that provides some kind of choice in the public education system, the issues involved will be important to school boards, educational administrators, public policy makers, parents, and taxpayers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275950811
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/07/1994
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.52(d)
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)

About the Author

SIMON HAKIM is Professor of Economics at Temple University in Philadelphia.

PAUL SEIDENSTAT is Associate Professor of Economics at Temple University in Philadelphia.

GARY W. BOWMAN is Associate Professor of Economics at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Together all three have edited two other books on privatization—Privatizing Correctional Institutions (1993) and Privatizing the United States Justice System (1992).

Table of Contents

Introduction by Simon Hakim, Paul Seidenstat, and Gary Bowman
Concepts
An Economic View of the Effectiveness of Public and Private Schools by David Beers and Jerry Ellig
Why Educational Choice: The Florida Experience by Tom Feeney
Private School Choice: An Ineffective Path to Educational Reform by Albert Shanker and Bella Rosenberg
Public Schools by Contract: An Alternative to Privatization by Paul Hill
Alternative Plans
Three Privatization Models for Public Schools by Tom Kean
Redesigning the Financing of American Education to Raise Productivity: The Case for a Just Voucher by Peter Cookson
A "GI Bill" for Educating All Children by Pierre duPont
Blending the Neighborhood School Tradition with "Choice Within Schools" by Ernest Boyer
Privatizing Higher Education by Kevin Sontheimer
Experiences
The Evaluation of the New Hampshire Plan: An Early Voucher System by John Menge
The Milwaukee Choice Program by Thomas Hetland
A Public-Private Partnership: South Pointe Elementary School of Dade County, Florida by Thomas Peeler and Patricia Parham
Making Choice an Option for All Parents, East Harlem, New York by William Ubinas
Public Choice in Minnesota by Michael Rubenstein and Nancy Adelman
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Surveys the concepts underlying private schools and educational choice, including arguments for reforming public schools instead of privatizing; outlines a number of implementation approaches, including a voucher system and integrating the neighborhood school tradition; and reports experiences from New Hampshire, Milwaukee, Florida, East Harlem, and Minnesota. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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