Decentralization and School Choice in Education: Schools, Government, and Markets: Schools, Government, and Markets

Author: Jeff Wedderburn
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book organizes, analyzes, and evaluates various research reports on educational restructuring in recent years targeting countries such as England and Wales, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden. It captures the two fundamental approaches—decentralization and school choice—that push public schools into the market, studying the relationships among schools, governments, and markets in the context of educational restructuring. The book also provides a brilliant discussion on current research related to educational restructuring and timely proposes various problems arising from market-based reforms and appropriate solutions to address them.