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ERIC Number: EJ540213
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
Diversity and Choice in School Education: An Alternative View.
Walford, Geoffrey
Oxford Review of Education, v22 n2 p143-54 Jun 1996
Discusses the difficulties in using cost-benefit analysis in education, examines in detail some of the documents supporting the modified libertarian position, and traces the development of policy on school choice. Documents the various new forms of selection that accompany increased choice and considers problems of social segregation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Diversity (Institutional), Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Politics of Education, Private School Aid, School Choice, School Effectiveness, Social Integration, Social Stratification
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Hargreaves (David)