School Choice: The Findings - Softcover

Walberg, Herbert J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933995041 ISBN 13: 9781933995045

Publisher: Cato Institute, 2007

Synopsis

School Choice: The Findings is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey available summarizing the research on charter schools, vouchers, and public versus private school effectiveness. The focus is on rigorous studies - those using randomized control groups (as in medical research), those that monitor achievement changes over time, and those based on large numbers of students. The findings reviewed here go beyond academic achievement, covering students' civic engagement, cost comparisons across school types, and public and parental opinion about schools and school choice. The consensus of this research overwhelmingly favors competition and parental choice in education.

About this title

About the Author:

Herbert J. Walberg, a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education, is a University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago and chairman of the board of directors of the Heartland Institute in Chicago. (updated 10-2006)

About this edition

• Publisher: Cato Institute
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1933995041
• ISBN 13: 9781933995045
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132