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List of Illustrations=ix
Acknowledgments=xi
Introduction=3
1. Studying Privatization in Education/Henry M. Levin=3
Introduction=
Setting the Agenda=12
Surveying the Horizon=17
Notes=18
References=18
2. Educational Vouchers and the Media/Lee D. Mitgang;Christopher V. Connell=20
The Stakes and the Stakeholders=22
The Media's Challenges=25
What Can Be Done?=30
Notes=33
References=35
Implementation Issues=39
3. The Legal Status of Privatization and Vouchers in Education/Frank R. Kemerer=39
Privatization Within the Public Sector=40
Vouchers, Tax Deductions, and Tax Credits=48
Stakeholders and the Research Agenda=54
Conclusion=60
Appendix=61
Notes=62
4. Information and Choice in Educational Privatization/Mark Schneider=72
Parents as Stakeholders: Choice at the Individual Level=74
The Benefits and Costs of Gathering Information About Public Goods=79
Not Everyone Needs to Be Informed: The Concept of the "Marginal Consumer"=81
The Role of Other Stakeholders in the Provision of Information=83
The Role of Other Levels of Government and Business as Stakeholders=85
Increasing Information Levels=86
Constructing an Internet Site for Schools in the District of Columbia=88
Stratification in the Use of Information=94
Setting an Agenda for Schools and Information=97
Notes=99
References=99
Preschools and Higher Education=105
5. Preschools and Privatization/Ellen Magenheim=105
The Issues=106
Who Are the Stakeholders with an Interest in This Issue and What Are Their Interests and Concerns?=112
What Types of Studies Might Address These Concerns?=121
Conclusion=129
References=130
6. Privatization in Higher Education/Arthur Levine=133
The Major Actors=141
The Implications for Higher Education=144
Research Questions=146
References=148
International Dimensions=151
7. Privatization Through Vouchers in Developing Countries: The Cases of Chile and Colombia/Martin Carnoy;Patrick J. McEwan=151
Vouchers and Reform in Chile, 1980-1996=153
Lessons from the Chilean Voucher Plan=160
Targeted Vouchers in Colombia=167
Lessons from the Colombian Voucher Plan=170
Conclusions=172
Notes=173
References=175
8. Privatization in Industrialized Countries/Geoffrey Walford=178
Privatization in England and Wales=180
Privatization Measures in the 1990s=185
Privatization Under Labour?=188
Privatization in the Netherlands=190
Setting the Research Agenda=194
References=197
Charter Schools=203
9. Assessing the Growth and Potential of Charter Schools/Pearl Rock Kane;Christopher J. Lauricella=203
Charter Schools: Early History=204
The Charter School Concept=204
From Concept to Reality=205
Factors That Inhibit or Stimulate Charter School Growth=206
Charter School Demographics=207
Charter Schools as a Potential Reform=210
References=231
10. Privatization and Charter School Reform: Economic, Political and Social Dimensions/Amy Stuart Wells;Janelle Scott=234
The Multiple Meanings of Charter School Reform and Privatization=235
The Intersection of Charter School Reform and Privatization=241
Implications and Further Research=254
Conclusion=256
Notes=257
References=257
Perspectives of Stakeholders=263
11. Vouchers, Privatization, and the Poor/Gary Natriello=263
Framing the Issue=264
Major Stakeholders=266
Stakeholder Interests=267
Studies to Address the Concerns of Stakeholders=269
Existing Research=275
Conclusion=277
References=277
12. Teachers and Privatization/Caroline Hodges Persell=279
Who Are the Stakeholders and What Are Their Concerns=279
Previous Work on Privatization=283
Needed Research=295
Notes=298
References=299
Evaluation Designs=303
13. Criteria for Evaluating School Voucher Studies/David E. Myers=303
Framing the Policy Question=305
Criteria for Evaluating School Voucher Studies=306
Summary of Criteria and Illustrative Report Card=312
Notes=315
References=316
14. Designing Education Voucher Experiments: Recommendations for Researchers, Funders, and Users/Fred Doolittle;Wendy Connors=318
Key Policy-Related Questions=320
Key Research Methodology Questions=325
Conclusion=352
Notes=352
References=357
About the Editor and Contributors=361
Index=365