Private schools always provide a better education than public schools. Or do they? Inner-city private schools, most of which are Catholic, suffer from the same problems neighboring public schools have including large class sizes, unqualified teachers, outdated curricula, lack of parental involvement and stressful family and community circumstances. Straightforward and authoritative, All Else Equal challenges us to reconsider vital policy decisions and rethink the issues facing our current educational system.
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The authors contribute to the school reform discussion through pivotal insights and clear and deliberative arguments, offering case studies indicating that privatization and market accountability is not necessarily the solution to improving public education. -- Library Journal
[The authors] wade into the voucher debate in 'All Else Equal' in a way that sets them apart. They are reasonable. They lay out the arguments fairly. And then they actually test voucher advocates' theories and describe the results of their research without making grandiose claims...Anyone who cares about public education should read 'All Else Equal. -- The New York Times Book Review
The authors contribute to the school reform discussion through pivotal insights and clear and deliberative arguments, offering case studies indicating that privatization and market accountability is not necessarily the solution to improving public education. -- Library Journal
I can think of no other book that helps us sort through the competing claims about public versus private schools than All Else Equal. It is well-written and clearly argued, and should be read by anyone who cares about the future of education in the United States. -- Michael W. Apple, editor of State and the Politics of Knowledge
This is an important book. It presents powerful research which sweeps away the commonly-held mythologies about the difference between public and private schools. -- Arthur E. Levine, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
[The authors] wade into the voucher debate in 'All Else Equal' in a way that sets them apart. They are reasonable. They lay out the arguments fairly. And then they actually test voucher advocates' theories and describe the results of their research without making grandiose claims...Anyone who cares about public education should read 'All Else Equal. -- --The New York Times Book Review
[The authors] wade into the voucher debate in 'All Else Equal' in a way that sets them apart. They are reasonable. They lay out the arguments fairly. And then they actually test voucher advocates' theories and describe the results of their research without making grandiose claims...Anyone who cares about public education should read 'All Else Equal. -- The New York Times Book Review
The authors contribute to the school reform discussion through pivotal insights and clear and deliberative arguments, offering case studies indicating that privatization and market accountability is not necessarily the solution to improving public education. -- Library Journal
I can think of no other book that helps us sort through the competing claims about public versus private schools than All Else Equal. It is well-written and clearly argued, and should be read by anyone who cares about the future of education in the United States. -- Michael W. Apple, editor of State and the Politics of Knowledge
This is an important book. It presents powerful research which sweeps away the commonly-held mythologies about the difference between public and private schools. -- Arthur E. Levine, President of Teachers College, Columbia University
[The authors] wade into the voucher debate in 'All Else Equal' in a way that sets them apart. They are reasonable. They lay out the arguments fairly. And then they actually test voucher advocates' theories and describe the results of their research without making grandiose claims...Anyone who cares about public education should read 'All Else Equal. -- --The New York Times Book Review
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This review is from: All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different? (Paperback)
This book is poorly researched and suffers from a strong political bias. The methodology is questionable (at best) and the authors clearly have an axe to grind. The flaws are too many to list. In the end, the book and research prove nothing.
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Many questions often come up when you attend an university, where public and private schooled students are mixed together in one place to learn. It seems that one student is smarter than another just because they attended a private school. This book helps to dig further into the issue, and really help understand how each school is different from one another, and helps illustrate the pros and cons to each. When faculty and administrators are interviewed the authors find that socioecomomics are the biggest factor in seperating the two types of schools. The level of student success depends a lot on where the school is and how much funding that the school is receiving. School reform often influences our school systems today, and this book ties into that current issue. This book is a very good tool for really understanding the issues that currently effect education today, as well as, using the research and surveys done by the authors to understand where the issue stands.
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The attacks on public education and the promotion of private education do not appear to reflect any discernible shift in where Americans actually send their children to school. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tatuna Point, Adams Charter, Shalom Ieladim, Olympic Charter, New York, Mashita Middle School, Alum Rock, Liniers French School, Milton Friedman, African American, Jeremy's Lutheran School, Renaissance Middle School, Sister Sue, United Primary School, Sister Deborah, The Mashita, United States New!
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The attacks on public education and the promotion of private education do not appear to reflect any discernible shift in where Americans actually send their children to school. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tatuna Point, Adams Charter, Shalom Ieladim, Olympic Charter, New York, Mashita Middle School, Alum Rock, Liniers French School, Milton Friedman, African American, Jeremy's Lutheran School, Renaissance Middle School, Sister Sue, United Primary School, Sister Deborah, The Mashita, United States New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power by Zbigniew Brzezinski on page 14, page 16, and page 25
- Sustaining the New Economy: Work, Family, and Community in the Information Age by Martin Carnoy in Back Matter
- Public and Private High Schools: The Impact of Communities by James S. Coleman in Back Matter
- Catholic Schools and the Common Good by Anthony Bryk on page 189
- Schooling and Work in the Democratic State by Martin Carnoy in Back Matter
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- Educating the Right Way: Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality by Michael W. Apple in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap by Richard Rothstein in Front Matter
- The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing by Martin Carnoy on page 209
- Setting the Record Straight: Responses to Misconceptions About Public Education in the U.S. by Gerald W. Bracey on page 202
- The Blackboard and the Bottom Line: Why Schools Can't Be Businesses by Larry Cuban in Back Matter
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