What America can learn from school choice in other countries / edited by David Salisbury and James Tooley.

Other author Salisbury, David F., 1951-
Other author Tooley, James.
Other author Cato Institute.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Cato Institute,
Descriptionvii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Public funding of school choice in Canada: a case study / Claudia R. Hepburn -- School choice in Sweden: is there danger of a counterrevolution? / F. Mikael Sandström -- The Chilean education voucher system / Claudio Sapelli -- The special education scare: fact vs. fiction / Lewis M. Andrews -- What the United States can learn from other countries / Charles L. Glenn -- Private education for the poor: lessons for America? / James Tooley -- School choice: lessons from New Zealand / Norman LaRocque -- Evidence on the effects of choice and accountability from international student achievement tests / Ludger Woessmann -- Market education and its critics: testing school choice criticisms against the international evidence / Andrew Coulson -- Choice as an education reform catalyst: lessons from Chile, Milwaukee, Florida, Cleveland, Edgewood, New Zealand, and Sweden / John Merrifield.
Abstract "The book is, in part, the product of the May 2004 Cato Institute conference, 'Looking Worldwide : What America Can Learn from School Choice in Other Countries'"--Introd.
General note"The book is, in part, the product of the May 2004 Cato Institute conference, 'Looking Worldwide: What America Can Learn from School Choice in Other Countries'"--Introd.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2005045783
ISBN1930865759 (cloth)
ISBN9781930865754 (cloth)

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