Panacea or perestroika: a socio-economic analysis of the equity and efficiency effects of choice in education.
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Authors
Grimm, Maury Jayne
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Advisors
Gates, William
Terasawa, Katsuaki
Date of Issue
1991-12
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis looks at the equity and efficiency effects of Choice. Specifically
studied is equalization effects in school finance and the "collective add-on" as proposed
by John Chubb and Terry Moe in Politics, Markets, and America's Schools.
Analysed as a system, the educational sector is described as a process whereby
the polity reproduces itself. Hence, the control of the sector by state, parental and
social interests is considered as the system is set in motion under the Choice proposal.
Operating under the principles of best and equal, or inequality and equality, the
system expands until it reaches a point of diminishing marginal utility.
Because equity and efficiency are difficult to achieve synonomously, the question
is raised regarding whether we are underinvesting in our children and whether
a common commitment to democratic citizenship should lie at the heart of what
education should be about.
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Thesis
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Department
Management
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
31 p., 28 cm.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.