Educational Choice for Michigan
The sad state of public education in Michigan and America is largely due to its organization as a government-protected monopoly. The authors argue that injecting choice, competition and accountability into education would result in dramatic improvement. The report explodes the myths that the problem in education is too little money and that choice would lead to segregation or elitism. One chapter focuses on the remarkable achievements of 107 non-public schools in Detroit. 102 pages.
Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - A Call for Educational Renewal
- Chapter 2 - Educational Choice
- Chapter 3 - Private Schools: Let Competition Heat Up
- Increased Educational Expenditures
- Improved Teacher/Pupil Rates
- Increased Teacher Salaries
- Reform, Bureaucracy and Special Interest Groups
- Tolerance for the Individual
- Detroit Public School Efforts
- The Public Voice Not Heard
- A Reform Agenda Consistent With American Values
- Opposition
- Experiments in Choice
- Conclusion
- Constituencies for Reform
- Chapter 3 - Endnotes
- Chapter 4 - A Focus on Detroit
- Chapter 5 - The Time For Real Choice Has Arrived
- Appendix: Brief Profiles of Selected Detroit Non-Public Schools
