What America Can Learn from School Choice in Other Countries

Synopsis

The Book Is, In Part, The Product Of The May 2004 Cato Institute Conference, 'looking Worldwide : What America Can Learn From School Choice In Other Countries'--introduction. Public Funding Of School Choice In Canada: A Case Study / Claudia R. Hepburn -- School Choice In Sweden: Is There Danger Of A Counterrevolution? / R. Mikael Sandström -- The Chilean Education Voucher System / Claudio Sapelli -- The Special Education Scare: Fact Vs. Fiction / Lewis M. Andrews -- What The United States Can Learn From Other Countries / Charles L. Glenn -- Private Education For The Poor: Lessons For America? / James Tooley -- School Choice: Lessons From New Zealand / Norman Larocque -- Evidence On The Effects Of Choice And Accountability From International Student Achievement Tests / Ludger Woessmann -- Market Education And Its Critics: Testing School Choice Criticisms Against The International Evidence / Andrew Coulson -- Choice As An Education Reform Catalyst: Lessons From Chile, Milwaukee, Florida, Cleveland, Edgewood, New Zealand, And Sweden / John Merrifield. Edited By David Salisbury And James Tooley. The Book Is, In Part, The Product Of The May 2004 Cato Institute Conference, 'looking Worldwide: What America Can Learn From School Choice In Other Countries'--introd. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.