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Politics, Markets, and America's Schools

Politics, Markets, and America's Schools

Chubb, John E.
Moe, Terry M.

Paperback

General EducationGeneral Political ScienceTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 0815714092
ISBN13: 9780815714095
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: Jun 1 1990
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.83 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.16
Language: English
During the 1980s, widespread dissatisfaction with America's schools gave rise to a powerful movement for educational change, and the nation's political institutions responded with aggressive reforms. Chubb and Moe argue that these reforms are destined to fail because they do not get to the root of the problem. The fundamental causes of poor academic performance, they claim, are not to be found in the schools, but rather in the institutions of direct democratic control by which the schools have traditionally been governed. Reformers fail to solve the problem-when the institutions ARE the problem. The authors recommend a new system of public education, built around parent-student choice and school competition, that would promote school autonomy--thus providing a firm foundation for genuine school improvement and superior student achievement.

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