Freedom and School Choice in American Education - (Education Policy) by G Forster & C Thompson (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Leading intellectual figures in the school reform movement, all of them favoring approaches centered around the value of competition and choice, outline different visions for the goal of choice-oriented educational reform and the best means for achieving it. This volume takes the reader inside the movement to empower parents with choice, airing the more interesting debates that the reformers have with one another over the direction and strategy of their movement.

Review Quotes

"The public schools are the largest monopoly in the nation, and they have not served our children well. Is there another sphere in which choice and competition has been a matter of such misguided contention? This superb collection of essays asks that timely and vital question with force and clarity. It's a must-read for serious educators." - Abigail Thernstrom, Vice-chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

About the Author

Greg Forster is a Senior Fellow atthe Kern Family Foundation and former Director of Research at the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. C. Bradley Thompson is BB&T Research Professor at Clemson University and the Executive Director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism.