Public vs. private: the early history of school choice in America

Americans today choose from a dizzying array of schools, loosely lumped into categories of 'public' and 'private'. How did these distinctions emerge in the first place, and what do they tell us about the more general relationship in the United States between public authority and...

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Main Author: Gross, Robert N. ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2017
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190644574.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190644574.001.0001
Summary:Americans today choose from a dizzying array of schools, loosely lumped into categories of 'public' and 'private'. How did these distinctions emerge in the first place, and what do they tell us about the more general relationship in the United States between public authority and private enterprise? 'Public vs. Private' describes how nineteenth-century public policies fostered the rise of modern school choice
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780190644604
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190644574.001.0001

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