The Wiley handbook of school choice

Content: Notes on Contributors viii    Introduction 1 Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan    1 A Brief History of Public Education in the United States 13 Sylvia L. Mendez, Monica S. Yoo, and John L. Rury    2 A Brief and Future History of School Choice 28 Guilbert C. Hentschke    3 School Choice: An Overview of Selected International Perspectives 46 Charles J. Russo and Nina Ranieri    4 A Political Scientist Looks at American School Choice 57 Jeffrey R. Henig    5 The Economics of School Choice 69 Sean P. Corcoran and Sarah A. Cordes    6 Philosophical Understandings of American School Choice 81 Terri S. Wilson    7 Private Schools 96 Ronald L. Reynolds    8 The Case for Private Schools 117 Joe McTighe    9 The Case Against Private Schooling 131 Jeanne M. Powers and Amanda U. Potterton    10 Private Schooling in Portugal: The Road to Freedom 149 Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo    11 Magnet Schools: History, Description, and Effects 158 Jia Wang and Joan Herman    12 The Case For Magnet Schools 180 Gladys Pack    13 The Case Against Magnet Schools 194 Christine H. Rossell    14 Specialist Schools in England: Reflections from across the Atlantic 215 Hannah Chestnutt and Christopher Chapman    15 Description and Brief History of Charter Schools: What are the Main Issues? What Do the Data Say About Their Effectiveness? 224 Gary Miron    16 The Case for Charters 237 Susan Aud Pendergrass and Nora Kern    17 The Case Against Charter Schools 252 F. Howard Nelson    18 Lessons the United States Can Learn From Sweden   s Experience with Independent Schools 267 Gunnel Mohme    19 An Introduction to Educational Vouchers 275 John F. Witte    20 The Case for School Vouchers 287 Patrick J. Wolf and Anna J. Egalite    21 The Weak Case for Vouchers 304 Christopher Lubienski and T. Jamison Brewer    22 Lessons the United States Can Learn From Chile   s Experience with School Vouchers 322 Claudio Sapelli    23 A Description and Brief History of Home Schooling in America 329 Brian D. Ray    24 A Case for Home Schooling 344 Darren A. Jones    25 Home Schooling: Putting Parental Rights Over Children   s Best Interest 362 Martha Albertson Fineman    26 What the United States Can Learn from Canada   s Experience with Home Schooling 376 Deani Van Pelt and Lynn Bosetti    27 Making the Choice to go Online: Exploring Virtual Schooling as an Option for K  ]12 Students 384 Leanna Archambault and Kathryn Kennedy    28 The Case for K  ]12 Online Learning 403 Jered Borup and Kathryn Kennedy    29 K   12 Online Learning and School Choice: Growth and Expansion in the Absence of Evidence 421 Michael K. Barbour    30 Virtual Schooling in Australia: From    School of the Air    to    Distance Education    441 Jennifer Buckingham    31 Losing the War of Ideas? Why Teachers Unions Oppose School Choice 450 Robert Maranto and Evan Rhinesmith    32 Religion in Schools 465 Elizabeth Green and Ray Pennings    33 Educating Students with Disabilities in the School Choice Context 478 Lauren Morando Rhim and Eileen Ahearn    34 School Choice and Legal Issues 493 Suzanne E. Eckes and Regina Umpstead    35 A Critical Look at Parental Choice: Is Parental Choice a Broken Promise? 507 Kathryn Hill and Janelle Scott    36 School Choice: The Impact of Ethnicity, Race, Diversity, and Inclusion 517 Nina K. Buchanan    37 Media Coverage of School Choice 532 Alex Medler    Conclusion 549 Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan    Index 555