School Choice and the Impact of COVID-19

Through the broad lens of political economy and centred around education reform policy, this essential book provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of American public education and the impact of Covid-19 on calls for change.

Autorentext

Dr. Michael Guo-Brennan is Associate Professor in Public Administration at Troy University, USA.

Inhalt

Part I American Education Today; 1. Education Inequality and School Choice; 2. Schools are not the Post Office or the DMV; 3. The Rise of School Choice; 4. Who Pays; Part II The Impact of Covid; 5. Shutdowns, Shutdowns, and More Shutdowns; 6. The Challenges of Overnight Online Education; 7. Why are Parents Abandoning the Public Schools; Part III Education Democracy; 8. Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?; 9. Why Not; 10. Extending Liberty and Democracy to Parents; Part IV Directions for the Future; 11. Parental Liberty; 12. The Day of Reckoning is Coming, Can We Save Public Education?