Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface: School Choice in the Wake of the Supreme Court Decision on Vouchers xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Does Public School Competition Affect Teacher Quality? 23
7. 2. Can School Choice and School Accountability Successfully Coexist? 49
8. 3. The Role of Special Education in School Choice 67
9. 4. School Vouchers: Results from Randomized Experiments 107
10. 5. Introducing School Choice into Multidistrict Public School Systems 145
11. 6. School Vouchers as a Redistributive Device: An Analysis of Three Alternative Systems 195
12. 7. Neighborhood Schools, Choice, and the Distribution of Educational Benefits 227
13. 8. School Choice and School Productivity: Could School Choice Be a Tide that Lifts All Boats? 287
14. Contributors 343
15. Author Index 345
16. Subject Index 349