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| Preface | |
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| The War on America's Public Schools | |
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| Prologue | |
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| Enemies of the Public Schools | |
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| Dueling Visions | |
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| The Master Myth: Money Doesn't Matter | |
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| The Correlation between Spending and Outcomes in Schools | |
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| The SATs and State Participation Rates | |
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| Studying the Studies: A Closer Look at Methodology | |
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| Does Spending Equal Achievement? | |
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| Education Spending in America: Too Much Outlay for Too Little Return? | |
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| Kansas City: A Lesson in School Spending | |
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| What Spending Can Achieve | |
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| The Historical Context | |
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| The Factory Model of Schooling | |
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| The Condition of American Public Education | |
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| The European Model for Secondary Education | |
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| The Connection between Students, Work, and Performance | |
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| Misleading Impressions | |
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| Domestic Data on the Condition of Education | |
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| Summary | |
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| Invasion of the Privatizers | |
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| Charter Schools | |
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| The Genesis of Charter Schools | |
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| Opposition to the Charter Movement | |
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| The Popularity of Charter Schools | |
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| Turning the Charter "Vision" into a Reality | |
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| Three Case Studies: Arizona, California, and Michigan, and a Glimpse at Ohio | |
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| Charter Schools and Public School Funding | |
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| Private Schools and the Private Management of Public Schools | |
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| General Trends | |
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| Private Management Companies | |
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| The "Education Industry": Wall Street Takes Notice | |
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| Milken's Knowledge Universe (KU): His Own Private Galaxy | |
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| Vouchers Public and Private | |
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| John Stuart Mill and the Concept of Vouchers | |
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| Comparing Vouchers and Charters | |
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| A Nation of Vouchers: Chile | |
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| Vouchers in U.S. Cities | |
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| The Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation (CEO America) | |
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| Commercialism in the Schools | |
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| Mike Cameron Loses His Shirt: A Tale for Our Times | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |