Getting Choice Right: Ensuring Equity and Efficiency in Education Policy

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This second volume from the National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education examines the connections between school choice and the goals of equity and efficiency in education.

Author(s): Julian R. Betts, Tom Loveless
Year: 2005

Language: English
Pages: 255

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
1. School Choice, Equity, and Efficiency......Page 8
2. The Economic Theory of School Choice......Page 21
3. Understanding How Families Choose Schools......Page 47
4. The Supply Side of School Choice......Page 68
5. How School Choice Affects Student Achievement......Page 92
6. How School Choice Affects Students Who Do Not Choose......Page 108
7. School Choice and Integration......Page 137
8. Charter Schools and Integration: The Experience in Michigan......Page 153
9. Understanding the Political Conflict over School Choice......Page 183
10. School Choice and Civic Values......Page 217
Contributors......Page 252
Index......Page 254