Choice And Competition in American Education

by Peterson, Paul E.

• ISBN13: 9780742545816
• ISBN10: 0742545814
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This book examines the likely promise and pitfalls of many of the most controversial forms of school choice as well as the introduction of greater competition into the recruitment and compensation of teachers and principals. In a group of essays originally published in Education Next: A Journal of Opinion and Research, these essays paint the picture of an education landscape that will be greatly shaped by choice and competition in the 21st century. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Section I: The Profit Motive: Will It Benefit Kids?
Introduction: The Use of Market Incentives in Education	3	(10)
Paul E. Peterson
The Private Can Be Public	13	(10)
John E. Chubb
The Costs of Privatization	23	(10)
Henry M. Levin
Section II: The Education Profession
Part A: Should We Deregulate Entry into the Profession?
Regulations Do More Harm than Good	33	(10)
Frederick M. Hess
In Defense of Regulation	43	(12)
Mary E. Diez
We Need New Types of Administrators	55	(14)
Frederick M. Hess
New Leaders: Will Public Schools Hire Them?	69	(10)
Alexander Russo
Part B: Making Teacher Pay More Competitive
Fringe Benefits: AFT and NEA Teacher Salary Surveys	79	(14)
Michael Podgursky
Low Pay, Low Quality	93	(9)
Peter Temin
The Case for Merit Pay	102	(9)
Lewis C. Solmon
Wage Compression and the Decline in Teacher Quality	111	(12)
Caroline M. Hoxby
Andrew Leigh
Part C: Do Teacher Unions Stifle Reform?
A Union by Any Other Name	123	(13)
Terry M. Moe
Reform Unionism Is Here	136	(13)
Charles Taylor Kerchner
Section III: School Choice
Part A: Charter Schools
Charter Schools: Mom and Pops or Corporate Design	149	(12)
Bryan C. Hassel
Charter School Politics	161	(11)
Bruno V. Manno
A School Built for Horace: Tales from a Start-up Charter School	172	(11)
Nancy Faust Sizer
Theodore R. Sizer
Part B: School Vouchers
The Impact of Vouchers on Student Performance	183	(11)
William G. Howell
Patrick J. Wolf
Paul E. Peterson
David E. Campbell
Do Vouchers and Charters Push Public Schools to Improve?	194	(12)
Caroline M. Hoxby
School Choice and Social Cohesion	206	(13)
David E. Campbell
How Vouchers Came to D.C.	219	(14)
Spencer S. Hsu
Part C: Other Ways of Increasing School Choice
Contracting Out: The Story behind Philadelphia's Edison Contract	233	(10)
Jay Mathews
Home Schooling: The Nation's Fastest-growing Education Sector	243	(12)
Christopher W. Hammons
School Choice in No Child Left Behind	255	(10)
William G. Howell
Selling Supplemental Services	265
Siobhan Gorman