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Controls and Choices
The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation
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ISBN-13:
9781475814705
Veröffentl:
2015
Seiten:
162
Autor:
Carl L. Bankston
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Controls and Choices: The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation provides a detailed examination of the nature of the educational marketplace, supported by historical evidence, to argue that school desegregation failed because it involved monopolistic efforts at redistributing opportunities.
Many activists and writers have ascribed continuing racial segregation in American schools to a failure of will. In this view, forced transfers of students and other aggressive judicially mandated policies would lead to greater equality in education if only legislators and judges had the will to continue trying to make school districts conform to plans for redesigning schools and even American society.
Controls and Choices: The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation provides a detailed examination of the nature of the educational marketplace, supported by historical evidence, to argue that school desegregation failed because it involved monopolistic efforts at redistributing opportunities. These efforts were fundamentally at odds with the self-interest of the families who had the greatest ability to make choices in the educational marketplace. The authors use the concept of the educational marketplace to explain how market-based attempts at school reform, notably vouchers and charter schools, have grown out of the failure of desegregation and remain hampered by lack of recognition of how the schools really function as markets. Some additional key features of this book include:
Controls and Choices: The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation provides a detailed examination of the nature of the educational marketplace, supported by historical evidence, to argue that school desegregation failed because it involved monopolistic efforts at redistributing opportunities. These efforts were fundamentally at odds with the self-interest of the families who had the greatest ability to make choices in the educational marketplace. The authors use the concept of the educational marketplace to explain how market-based attempts at school reform, notably vouchers and charter schools, have grown out of the failure of desegregation and remain hampered by lack of recognition of how the schools really function as markets. Some additional key features of this book include:
- Gives a clear understanding of how schools function as markets
- Illustrates the argument with histories of specific school districts
- Links the history of school desegregation to school vouchers and charter schools
- Includes easy to read and interpret graphs and figures
- Includes most up-to-date school population and census information
Contents
Introduction
Background: The Evolution of Educational Redistribution
Failure of Will or Self-Defeating Policy?
Summary of the Book
Chapter 1 — The Political Economy of Education and Equality of Educational Opportunity
Why Seek Equality of Opportunity in Education?
What Makes an Education Valuable?
More than Money
It’s the Clientele
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 — Schooling as a Competitive Market
The Educational Marketplace
School Composition and Educational Environments
What Does This Mean for Equality of Opportunity?
The School Marketplace in Practice
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3— Command and Control Failures: Cases of Self-Defeating Policies
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Chicago, Illinois
Dallas, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Pasadena, California
New York City
Indianapolis, Indiana
Detroit, Michigan
Boston, Massachusetts
Louisville-Jefferson County
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4— Market Options and Illusions of Success
Little Rock, Arkansas
Charlotte, North Carolina
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
St. Louis, Missouri
What Happened in These Districts?
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5—The Educational Marketplace and the Rise of the School Choice Movement
Desegregation Frustration and the Rise of Charters
Minority Students and Vouchers
The Spread of School Choice Reforms
The Special Case of New Orleans
Summary of Rationale for Using Charters and Vouchers for Redistribution
The Debate over Choice
Desegregation, School Choice, and Educational Quality
Chapter Summary
Conclusion
References
Introduction
Background: The Evolution of Educational Redistribution
Failure of Will or Self-Defeating Policy?
Summary of the Book
Chapter 1 — The Political Economy of Education and Equality of Educational Opportunity
Why Seek Equality of Opportunity in Education?
What Makes an Education Valuable?
More than Money
It’s the Clientele
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 — Schooling as a Competitive Market
The Educational Marketplace
School Composition and Educational Environments
What Does This Mean for Equality of Opportunity?
The School Marketplace in Practice
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3— Command and Control Failures: Cases of Self-Defeating Policies
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Chicago, Illinois
Dallas, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Pasadena, California
New York City
Indianapolis, Indiana
Detroit, Michigan
Boston, Massachusetts
Louisville-Jefferson County
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4— Market Options and Illusions of Success
Little Rock, Arkansas
Charlotte, North Carolina
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
St. Louis, Missouri
What Happened in These Districts?
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5—The Educational Marketplace and the Rise of the School Choice Movement
Desegregation Frustration and the Rise of Charters
Minority Students and Vouchers
The Spread of School Choice Reforms
The Special Case of New Orleans
Summary of Rationale for Using Charters and Vouchers for Redistribution
The Debate over Choice
Desegregation, School Choice, and Educational Quality
Chapter Summary
Conclusion
References