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Privatizing education : can the marketplace deliver choice, efficiency, equity, and social cohesion? / edited by Henry M. Levin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.Description: xii, 372 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0813366402 (alk. paper)
  • 9780813366401 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 2806.36 P961 2001
Contents:
Introduction. Studying privatization in education / Henry M. Levin -- Educational vouchers and the media / Lee D. Mitgang and Christopher V. Connell. Implementation issues. The legal status of privatization and vouchers in education / Frank R. Kemerer -- Information and choice in educational privatization / Mark Schneider. Preschools and higher education. Preschools and privatization / Ellen Magenheim -- Privatization in higher education / Arthur Levine. International dimensions. Privatization through vouchers in developing countries : the cases of Chile and Colombia / Martin Carnoy and Patrick J. McEwan -- Privatization in industrialized countries / Geoffrey Walford. Charter schools. Assessing the growth and potential of charter schools / Pearl Rock Kane and Christopher J. Lauricella -- Privatization and charter school reform : economic, political and social dimensions / Amy Stuart Wells and Janelle Scott. Perspectives of stakeholders. Vouchers, privatization, and the poor / Gary Natriello -- Teachers and privatization / Caroline Hodges Persell. Evaluation designs. Criteria for evaluating school voucher studies / David E. Myers -- Designing education voucher experiments : recommendations for researchers, funders, and users / Fred Doolittle and Wendy Connors.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 2806.36 P961 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000068924

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Introduction. Studying privatization in education / Henry M. Levin -- Educational vouchers and the media / Lee D. Mitgang and Christopher V. Connell. Implementation issues. The legal status of privatization and vouchers in education / Frank R. Kemerer -- Information and choice in educational privatization / Mark Schneider. Preschools and higher education. Preschools and privatization / Ellen Magenheim -- Privatization in higher education / Arthur Levine. International dimensions. Privatization through vouchers in developing countries : the cases of Chile and Colombia / Martin Carnoy and Patrick J. McEwan -- Privatization in industrialized countries / Geoffrey Walford. Charter schools. Assessing the growth and potential of charter schools / Pearl Rock Kane and Christopher J. Lauricella -- Privatization and charter school reform : economic, political and social dimensions / Amy Stuart Wells and Janelle Scott. Perspectives of stakeholders. Vouchers, privatization, and the poor / Gary Natriello -- Teachers and privatization / Caroline Hodges Persell. Evaluation designs. Criteria for evaluating school voucher studies / David E. Myers -- Designing education voucher experiments : recommendations for researchers, funders, and users / Fred Doolittle and Wendy Connors.

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