Privatizing Education and Educational Choice

SIMON HAKIM is Professor of Economics at Temple University in Philadelphia. PAUL SEIDENSTAT is Associate Professor of Economics at Temple University in Philadelphia. GARY W. BOWMAN is Associate Professor of Economics at Temple University in Philadelphia. Together all three have edited two other books on privatization--Privatizing Correctional Institutions (1993) and Privatizing the United States Justice System (1992).

Introduction by Simon Hakim, Paul Seidenstat, and Gary Bowman Concepts An Economic View of the Effectiveness of Public and Private Schools by David Beers and Jerry Ellig Why Educational Choice: The Florida Experience by Tom Feeney Private School Choice: An Ineffective Path to Educational Reform by Albert Shanker and Bella Rosenberg Public Schools by Contract: An Alternative to Privatization by Paul Hill Alternative Plans Three Privatization Models for Public Schools by Tom Kean Redesigning the Financing of American Education to Raise Productivity: The Case for a Just Voucher by Peter Cookson A "GI Bill" for Educating All Children by Pierre duPont Blending the Neighborhood School Tradition with "Choice Within Schools" by Ernest Boyer Privatizing Higher Education by Kevin Sontheimer Experiences The Evaluation of the New Hampshire Plan: An Early Voucher System by John Menge The Milwaukee Choice Program by Thomas Hetland A Public-Private Partnership: South Pointe Elementary School of Dade County, Florida by Thomas Peeler and Patricia Parham Making Choice an Option for All Parents, East Harlem, New York by William Ubinas Public Choice in Minnesota by Michael Rubenstein and Nancy Adelman Bibliography Index