《LEARNING FROM SCHOOL CHOICE》

PART ONE INTRODUCTION1

1. School Choice: A Report Card3

2. The Case for Charter Schools33

PART TWO SCHOOL CHOICE AND SCHOOL REFORM53

3. Governance and Educational Quality55

4. Civic Values in Public and Private Schools83

5. Policy Churn and the Plight of Urban School Reform107

PART THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE131

6. Analyzing School Choice Reforms That Use America's Traditional Forms of Parental Choice133

7. Interdistrict Choice in Massachusetts157

8. Charter Schools as Seen by Students, Teachers, and Parents187

9. The Performance of Privately Managed Schools: An Early Look at the Edison Project213

10. Charter Schools: Politics and Practice in Four States249

PART FOUR VOUCHERS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS273

11. Comparing Public Choice and Private Voucher Programs in San Antonio275

12. Evidence from the Indianapolis Voucher Program307

13. School Choice in Milwaukee: A Randomized Experiment335

14. Lessons from the Cleveland Scholarship Program357

PART FIVE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES393

15. Why Parents Should Choose395

16. School Choice and State Constitutional Law409

Contributors429

Index431