The Politics of School Choice - Softcover

Morken, Hubert; Formicola, Jo Renee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847697215 ISBN 13: 9780847697212

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999

Synopsis

The Politics of School Choice is the first comprehensive examination of diverse efforts to promote tax credits, public vouchers, private scholarships, and charter schools. Morken and Formicola provide the most current national report on the burgeoning American school choice movement. They analyze the strategies and tactics being used by a wide variety of individuals and organizations to leverage change, pass laws, win court cases, and mobilize community support to build successful, winning, school choice coalitions. Based largely on extensive interviews, documentary research, and surveys, this book covers the spectrum of school choice options and shows how they are being promoted in the United States today. It explains who the players are, what types of programs they endorse, and the various rationales behind them. The authors report the views of the entrepreneurs, religious leaders, heads of think tanks and foundations, public litigators, scholars, activists, minority leaders, and politicians who are in the forefront of providing parents with resources for educational alternatives. Finally, Morken and Formicola cover the strengths and weaknesses of the school choice issue, concluding that the movement has a wide ranging membership, that is uneven in its implementation, and that it is taking different forms in various regions of the country. As the pace of change accelerates and new school choice programs proliferate, this study is a critical resource for all those concerned about the present and future staus of American education.

About this title

About the Author

Hubert Morken is professor of government at the Robertson School of Government, Regent University. Jo Renee Formicola is associate professor of political science at Seton Hall University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0847697215
• ISBN 13: 9780847697212
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 346