Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction. School Choice, Parent Incentives, and the Use of Information 1
7. Part One
8. Chapter 1. Reinventing the Governance Structure of Education: School Choice as Educational Reform 19
9. Chapter 2. Parent Behavior and the Demand Side of School Choice 39
10. Chapter 3. Studying Choice: The Research Design 59
11. Part Two
12. Chapter 4. The Distribution of Preferences: What Do Parents Want from Schools? 85
13. Chapter 5. How Do Parents Search for Information? 108
14. Chapter 6. Building Social Networks to Search for Information about Schools 126
15. Part Three. Chapter 6 Building Social Networks to Search for Information about Schools
16. Chapter 7. The Distribution of Knowledge: How Much Do Parents Know about the Schools? 147
17. Chapter 8. Allocational Efficiency: You Can't Always Get What You Want—But Some Do 164
18. Chapter 9. Productive Efficiency: Does School Choice Affect Academic Performance? 185
19. Chapter 10. Does Choice Increase Segregation and Stratification? 204
20. Chapter 11. Choosing Together Is Better than Bowling Alone: School Choice and the Creation of Social Capital 223
21. Chapter 12. Opting Out of Public Schools: Can Choice Affect the Relationship between Private and Public Schools? 238
22. Conclusion
23. Chapter 13. Myths and Markets: Choice Is No Panacea, But It Does Work 261
24. Notes 275
25. References 285
26. Index 307