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 Info | Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, |
| Description | vii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005045783 |
| ISBN | 1930865759 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9781930865754 (cloth) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |