Learning from School Choice

by Peterson, Paul E.; Hassel, Bryan C.

• ISBN13: 9780815770169
• ISBN10: 0815770162
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

While educators, parents and policymakers are still debating the pros and cons of school choice, it is now possible to learn from choice experiments in public, private, and charter schools across the country. This book examines the evidence from these early school choice programs and looks at the larger implications of choice and competition in education.Paul Peterson makes a strong case for school choice in central cities, and coeditor Bryan Hassel offers the case for charter schools. John E. Brandl offers his vision of school governance in the next century. The book's other contributors--economists, political scientists, and education specialists--provide case studies of the experience with voucher programs in Indianapolis, San Antonio, Cleveland, and Milwaukee; survey charter schools; analyze public school choice; discuss constitutional issues; and study the effects of private education on democratic values.Contributors include David J. Armor, George Mason University; Chester E. Finn Jr. and Bruno V. Manno, Hudson Institute; Caroline M. Hoxby, Harvard University; Brett M. Peiser, Partnerships in Learning; and Joseph P. Viteritti, New York University.

Table of Contents

PART ONE INTRODUCTION	3	(52)
1. School Choice: A Report Card	3	(30)
Paul E. Peterson
2. The Case for Charter Schools	33	(22)
Bryan C. Hassel
PART TWO SCHOOL CHOICE AND SCHOOL REFORM	55	(78)
3. Governance and Educational Quality	55	(28)
John E. Brandl
4. Civic Values in Public and Private Schools	83	(24)
Jay P. Greene
5. Policy Churn and the Plight of Urban School Reform	107	(26)
Frederick M. Hess
PART THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE	133	(142)
6. Analyzing School Choice Reforms That Use America's Traditional Forms of Parental Choice	133	(24)
Caroline M. Hoxby
7. Interdistrict Choice in Massachusetts	157	(30)
David L. Armour
Brett M. Peiser
8. Charter Schools as Seen by Students, Teachers, and Parents	187	(26)
Gregg Vanourek
Bruno V. Manno
Chester E. Finn Jr.
Louann A. Bierlein
9. The Performance of Privately Managed Schools: An Early Look at the Edison Project	213	(36)
John E. Chubb
10. Charter Schools: Politics and Practice in Four States	249	(26)
Bryan C. Hassel
PART FOUR VOUCHERS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS	275	(120)
11. Comparing Public Choice and Private Voucher Programs in San Antonio	275	(32)
R. Kenneth Godwin
Frank R. Kemerer
Valerie J. Martinez
12. Evidence from the Indianpolis Voucher Program	307	(28)
David J. Weinschrott
Sally B. Kilgore
13. School Choice in Milwaukee: A Randomized Experiment	335	(22)
Jay P. Greene
Paul E. Peterson
Jiangtao Du
14. Lessons from the Cleveland Scholarship Program	357	(38)
Jay P. Greene
William G. Howell
Paul E. Peterson
PART FIVE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES	395	(34)
15. Why Parents Should Choose	395	(14)
Stephen G. Gilles
16. School Choice and State Constitutional Law	409	(20)
Joseph P. Viteritti
Contributors	429	(2)
Index	431