Revolution at the Margins The Impact of Competition on Urban School Systems
by Hess, Frederick M.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-03-19
Publisher(s): Brookings Institution Press
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Summary
Drawing on research conducted in three school districts at the center of the school choice debate during the 1990s, "Revolution at the Margins" examines the impact of school vouchers and charter schooling on three urban school districts, explores the causes of the behavior observed, and explains how the structure of competition is likely to shape the way it affects the future of public education.
Author Biography
Frederick M. Hess is assistant professor of government and education at the University of Virginia.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Market and the Urban Public School System | p. 30 |
| Urban Systems as Competitors | p. 53 |
| Milwaukee, 1989-95: Prologue | p. 72 |
| Milwaukee, 1995-99: Hints of the Pickax | p. 107 |
| Cleveland, 1995-99: Muffled by the Din | p. 137 |
| Edgewood, 1998-2000: An Outside Invasion | p. 167 |
| A Political Market | p. 197 |
| You Say You Want a Revolution? | p. 219 |
| References | p. 243 |
| Index | p. 261 |
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