Choosing Schools Consumer Choice and the Quality by Mark Schneider PAPERBACK

Name: Choosing Schools Consumer Choice and the Quality by Mark Schneider PAPERBACK
Brand: Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press

Choosing SchoolsConsumer Choice and the Quality of American Schools\nAuthor(s): Mark Schneider, Paul Teske, Melissa Marschall\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691092836, 978-0691092836\nSynopsis\nSchool choice seeks to create a competitive arena in which public schools will attain academic excellence, encourage individual student performance, and achieve social balance. In debating the feasibility of this market approach to improving school systems, analysts have focused primarily on schools as suppliers of education, but an important question remains: Will parents be able to function as \""smart consumers\"" on behalf of their children? Here a highly respected team of social scientists provides extensive empirical evidence on how parents currently do make these choices. Drawn from four different types of school districts in New York City and suburban New Jersey, their findings not only stress th.