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ERIC Number: EJ599849
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
How Choice Changes the Education System: A Michigan Case Study.
Plank, David N.; Sykes, Gary
International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, v45 n5-6 p385-416 Nov 1999
Presents preliminary observations on how allowing some parents in Michigan to choose which schools their children attend affects the educational system. Asserts that the current enthusiasm for educational choice is an example of a broader effort to shift the responsibility for addressing deeply-rooted social and economic problems out of the public sphere. Contains 50 references. (VWC)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent School Relationship, Politics of Education, School Choice
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Michigan