附註:"The chapters in this book were originally prepared for a conference at Michigan State University, in March 2000, on the issue of 'School Choice and Educational Change'"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why school choice? / David N. Plank and Gary Sykes -- Does privatization improve education? The case of Chile's national voucher plan / Martin Carnoy and Patrick J. McEwan -- School choice in New Zealand: a cautionary tale / Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd -- School choice and educational change in England and Wales / Geoffrey Walford -- Market forces and decentralization in Sweden: impetus for school development or threat to comprehensiveness and equity? / Holger Daun -- School choice policies and their impact on public education in Australia / Max Angus -- Education reform and school choice in South Africa / John Pampallis -- School choice in the People's Republic of China / Mun C. Tsang -- Public support for private schools in post-communist central Europe: Czech and Hungarian experiences / Randall K. Filer and Daniel Munich.