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Exploring competency based education
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ISBN: 0821107526 Year: 1974 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : McCutchan Publishing Corporation,

Reinventing public education
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ISBN: 9786612005053 0226336530 1282005057 9780226336534 0226336514 0226336522 9780226336510 0226336514 661200505X 9781282005051 Year: 1997 Publisher: Chicago University of Chicago Press

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A heated debate is raging over our nation's public schools and how they should be reformed, with proposals ranging from imposing national standards to replacing public education altogether with a voucher system for private schools. Combining decades of experience in education, the authors propose an innovative approach to solving the problems of our school system and find a middle ground between these extremes. Reinventing Public Education shows how contracting would radically change the way we operate our schools, while keeping them public and accessible to all, and making them better able to meet standards of achievement and equity. Using public funds, local school boards would select private providers to operate individual schools under formal contracts specifying the type and quality of instruction. In a hands-on, concrete fashion, the authors provide a thorough explanation of the pros and cons of school contracting and how it would work in practice. They show how contracting would free local school boards from operating schools so they can focus on improving educational policy; how it would allow parents to choose the best school for their children; and, finally, how it would ensure that schools are held accountable and academic standards are met. While retaining a strong public role in education, contracting enables schools to be more imaginative, adaptable, and suited to the needs of children and families. In presenting an alternative vision for America's schools, Reinventing Public Education is too important to be ignored.


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Dumbing down : the crisis of quality and equity in a once-great school system and - how to reverse the trend
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ISBN: 3030934292 3030934284 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,

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This open access book examines the challenges and issues caused by a move to a marketized education system in Sweden. Observing the introduction of the school voucher system and a postmodern social constructivist view of knowledge, the move away from objective knowledge is identified as the core reason for Sweden’s current education crisis. The impact of declining education standards on the labor market is also discussed. This book highlights the issues seen in Sweden and suggests policies that can improve education in the rest of the Western world as well. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in education and labor economics. .

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