Privatizing Education and Educational Choice: Concepts, Plans, and Experiences

Marc Notes: Avail. in cloth at $59.95 perspective on infantry, 1981; Also. Publisher Marketing: Eighteen contributors examine the issues surrounding educational choice in public school systems and the voucher system for private schools. They give descriptions and evaluations of choice programs that have been implemented and debate the extent of government involvement.

Contributor Bio:  Seidenstat, Paul Paul Seidenstat is associate professor of economics at Temple University and director of the graduate program. He is the co-author of "New Business and Urban Employment Opportunities."Contributor Bio:  Bowman, Gary Assistant Professor of Physics, Northern Arizona University Department of Physics and AstronomyNorthern Arizona University Contributor Bio:  Hakim, Simon Simon Hakim is professor of economics at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is co-editor of "Crime Spillover "and "Metropolitan Crime Patterns."Contributor Bio:  Bowman, Gary W Gary W. Bowman is associate professor of economics at Temple University and has published widely in economic journals. Contributor Bio:  Haley, Alex Alex Haley (1921 1992)" "is the author of "Roots", one of the most celebrated novels of the 1970s. He spent twenty years in the Coast Guard until beginning his writing career working for a range of magazines before becoming a ghostwriter for his first major book, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". Haley spent years tracing his own family history and decided it went back to a single African man, Kunta Kinte, who was captured in Gambia and taken to the United States as a slave. That research led to Haley s epic book "Roots", published in 1976 to wide acclaim. Haley is credited with inspiring interest in genealogy among African Americans.