Education by Choice: The Case for Family ControlThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978. |
Contents
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The Intellectual History of Choice in Education | 18 |
THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD | 33 |
Amid Perplexity Who Should Decide? | 45 |
A Personal View | 71 |
CHOICE AND THE AMERICAN COVENANT | 89 |
The Issue of Racial Integration | 109 |
DESIGNING THE INSTRUMENTS OF CHOICE | 131 |
School Providers and School Governance | 153 |
Educational Style | 167 |
The Nature of the Subsidy | 190 |
Signs | 212 |
Notes | 225 |
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Other editions - View all
Education by Choice: The Case for Family Control John E. Coons,Stephen D. Sugarman Limited preview - 2020 |
Education by Choice: The Case for Family Control John E. Coons,Stephen D. Sugarman Limited preview - 2021 |
Education by Choice: The Case for Family Control John E. Coons,Stephen D. Sugarman Limited preview - 1978 |
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