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The Unproductive School Choice Debate

All Sides Assert Much That Is Wrong, Misleading, or Irrelevant
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The book explains why we desperately need an "Open Education Industry." It clearly defines the term, and the confusion about what can/should be done to improve schooling outcomes, and why over 30 years of efforts to improve schooling outcomes has left all 51 US school systems far short of what is needed to engage all schoolchildren in high value instruction. Because of past education failures, especially poor basic literacy in economic systems, many influential academics and activists have asserted the presence of adequate market forces where key elements of high-performing markets are absent, and have become pre-occupied with discussion of, and development of, devastating inappropriate generalizations about findings from studies of narrowly-targeted, restriction-laden expansions of access to alternatives to traditional public schools. The book compares those to transformational school choice expansions, and describes key steps towards the inertia that threatens the future or America as a prosperous and free republic.
John Merrifield, Professor of Economics (35 years), Emeritus now heads the new think tank, the Institute for Objective Policy Assessment. He published 55 journal articles, and several books including the critically acclaimed The School Choice Wars (2001).
Foreword by Terry Moe Preface: Still a 'Nation at Risk' Memorial to Seymour Sarason Part I: Key Underlying Factors Introduction Elements of an Open Education Industry Hyped Experiments in Near Irrelevance Chartered Public Schools - Mostly Chance, Not Choice Part II: Issues in the Debate Over Parental Choice Expansion Fallacies About School Choice Government Regulation Issues The Neglect of Costs Fund Children or Institutions? Federal, State, and Local Roles and Perspectives Equity and Equality Diversity Issues Part III. Strategic and Tactical Issues Important Policy Choices Strategic and Tactical Mistakes 13. Teachers 14. Outlook and Political Strategy Bibliography Index
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