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ERIC Number: EJ522898
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0952-3383
Parental Preference and Its Impact upon a Market Force Approach to Special Education.
Knill, Bernadette; Humphreys, Keith
British Journal of Special Education, v23 n1 p30-34 Mar 1996
This article first summarizes the American literature on applying the market force to education in the movement to give greater power to parents in determining school policy and then applies these concepts to similar trends in the United Kingdom. Issues emerging from interviews with British parents of children with learning difficulties are highlighted. (DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, School Policy, Special Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom