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Getting choice right : ensuring equity and efficiency in education policy / Julian R. Betts and Tom Loveless, editors.

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Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.

School choice -- United States.

School choice -- Economic aspects -- United States.

Educational equalization -- United States.

Education and state -- United States.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005027078.html

0815753322 (cloth : alk. paper)

0815753314 (pbk. : alk. paper)

vi, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

School choice, equity, and efficiency / Julian R. Betts and Tom Loveless -- The economic theory of school choice / Julian R. Betts -- Understanding how families choose schools / Laura S. Hamilton and Kacey Guin -- The supply side of school choice / Julian R. Betts, Dan Goldhaber, and Larry Rosenstock -- How school choice affects student achievement / Frederick M. Hess and Tom Loveless -- How school choice affects students who do not choose / Dan Goldhaber ... [et al.] -- School choice and integration / Brian Gill -- Charter schools and integration : the experience in Michigan / Karen E. Ross -- Understanding the political conflict over school choice / Jeffrey R. Henig -- School choice and civic values / Patrick J. Wolf.

"Analyzes the potential costs and benefits of school choice and discusses policy mechanisms that would maximize its benefits while mitigating its social costs, specifically in terms of racial and religious issues and the promotion of civic values"--Provided by publisher.

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