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Educational freedom in urban America : Brown v. Board after half a century
Title:
Educational freedom in urban America : Brown v. Board after half a century
Author:
Salisbury, David F., 1951-
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2004]

©2004
Physical Description:
xi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The continuing struggle for parental choice / Howard Fuller -- Fulfilling the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education / Floyd Flake -- Freedom of choice: Brown, vouchers, and the philosophy of language / Gerald Robinson -- The meaning of Zelman and the future of school choice / Paul E. Peterson -- Educational freedom for D.C. schools / Casey Lartigue Jr. -- Undermining the teacher quality: the perverse consequences of certification / Chaim Karczag -- Private and public school desegregation in Atlanta 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education / Eric Wearne -- Building futures with private scholarships: the Washington scholarship fund / Tracey Johnson -- Success as a charter school: the Cesar Chavez experience / Irasema Salcido -- The politics of school choice: African-Americans and vouchers / David A. Bositis -- What does a voucher buy?: the cost of private schools in six cities / David Salisbury -- Markets and urban schooling: what choice-driven competition is doing, and how to make it do more / Frederick M. Hess -- How markets affect quality: testing a theory of market education against the international evidence / Andrew J. Coulson.
Reading Level:
1540 Lexile.
ISBN:
9781930865563
Format :
Book