Critique of Research on Effects of School Choice

Posted on | May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

….while a “disciplined, orderly and demanding” school environment can promote middle-class values, these efforts, alone, will not sustain long-term changes for underprivileged students. Education reform must be accompanied by low-cost health care, decent housing, public and domestic safety, employment opportunities, job security, and affordable higher education.

Doug Noon takes a well-aimed potshot at a collusion of politicians, journalists and social policy researchers designed to skew the public message about the effects of ’school choice’ policies. He writes, of course, about the USA, but many of his points, I believe, are just as relevant to other schools systems around the world.

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2 Responses to “Critique of Research on Effects of School Choice”

Gordon Brown
May 8th, 2009 @ 9:53 pm

John,

Have you read ‘The Spirit Level’?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spirit-Level-Societies-Almost-Always/dp/1846140390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241819487&sr=1-1

Gordon
John Connell
May 9th, 2009 @ 5:31 pm

I think I’d seen mention of it, Gordon, but will certainly get hold of it some time soon. Cheers.