School choice and competition : markets in the public interest / Philip A. Woods, Carl Bagley, and Ron Glatter.

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Woods, Philip A, 1950-

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Educational management seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0203983726
9780203983720
0415139775
9780415139779
9786610140701
6610140707
9781134770397
1134770391
9781134770342
1134770340
9781134770380
1134770383
9781138166899
1138166898
1280140704
9781280140709

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: School choice and competition.DDC classification:

379.1/11/0942 21

LOC classification:

LB1027.9 W66 1998eb

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Contents:

Chapter 1 LEARNING FROM REFORM -- chapter 2 MARSHAMPTON -- chapter 3 NORTHERN HEIGHTS -- chapter 4 EAST GREENVALE -- chapter 5 PARENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHOICE -- chapter 6 MARKET ELEMENTS IN A PUBLIC SERVICE: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS -- chapter 7 DYNAMICS OF SCHOOL CHOICE AND COMPETITION -- chapter 8 A MORE RESPONSIVE SYSTEM? -- chapter 9 BEYOND THE MARKET.

Summary: This book offers a unique record of the realities of parental choice and competitive pressures on schools. On the basis of research involving thousands of parents and eleven secondary schools monitored over several years, it sets out: * empirical findings on parents' preferences and experience of choice, how schools respond to competitive pressures, and local dynamics of quasi-markets * theoretical implications for understanding quasi-markets in education and the public interest * implications for educational policy, if schools are to be more responsive and inequalities lessened The book provi.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index.

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This book offers a unique record of the realities of parental choice and competitive pressures on schools. On the basis of research involving thousands of parents and eleven secondary schools monitored over several years, it sets out: * empirical findings on parents' preferences and experience of choice, how schools respond to competitive pressures, and local dynamics of quasi-markets * theoretical implications for understanding quasi-markets in education and the public interest * implications for educational policy, if schools are to be more responsive and inequalities lessened The book provi.

English.

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