Does Government Need to be Involved in Primary and Secondary Education: Evaluating Policy Options Using Market Role Assessment

by Peddle,Michael T.

• ISBN13: 9780815325727
• ISBN10: 081532572X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book is an investigation of some of the policy issues related to the government's role in the reform of primary and secondary education in the United States.

Author Biography

Michael T. Peddle is associate professor of public administration at Northern Illinois University.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Prologue	1	(6)
An Introduction to Market Role Assessment: Government's Functions in a Mixed Economy	7	(10)
Market Role Assessment: Economic Goods and Market Roles	17	(12)
The Regulator: Who Makes and Enforces the Rules?	29	(12)
The Administrator: Who Is Responsible for Day-to-Day Operations?	41	(18)
The Distributor/Allocator: Who Is Responsible for Allocating Access to Education and Ensuring Its Delivery to Students?	59	(14)
The Producer: Who Is Responsible for ``Producing'' the Education?	73	(10)
The Auditor: Who Provides Quality Control for the System?	83	(24)
The Financier: Who Pays the Bills, and How?	107	(26)
The Entrepreneur: Who Is the Source of Innovation? Who Bears the Risk of Innovation?	133	(18)
Common Ground: An Evaluation of Government's Role in Primary and Secondary Education	151	(20)
School Finance Reform in Practice: What Can We Learn from Recent Experience?	171	(22)
Regulatory and Other Nonfinancial School Reforms: Has a Change in Government's Role Been for the Better?	193	(16)
School Reform for the Twenty-First Century: Can We Find the Path to Success?	209	(12)
Epilogue: School Reform and the Twenty-First Century Public Administrator	221	(6)
Bibliography	227	(8)
Index	235