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Educating Citizens: International Perspectives on Civic Values and School Choice

Contributor(s): Wolf, Patrick J (Editor), Macedo, Stephen (Editor), Ferrero, David J (Author)

ISBN: 9780815795179

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

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Pub Date: September 30, 2004

Dewey: 379.111

LCCN: 2004011977

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.07" H x 8.64" L x 6.20" W ( 1.24 lbs) 397 pages

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The United States is in the midst of historic experiments with publicly funded choice in K-12 education, experiments that recently received a ""green light"" from the Supreme Court. Other nations have long experience with the funding and regulation of nonpublic scho...

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" "Educating Citizens" provides a rich, panoramic view of how the American approach to school choice compares with that of other diverse, liberal democracies. The book's unusual mixture of detailed description and normative assessments by leading social scientist, lawyers, and policy analysts is required reading for anyone interested in educational innovation and in the roles of church, state, and civil society in creating democratic citizens." --Peter Schuck, Yale University and New York University Law Schools

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