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Peer reviewedBrown, Frank; Contreras, A. Reynaldo – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Challenges the following assumptions: (1) parental choice will motivate schools to improve programs to compete more effectively for students; (2) private not-for-profit schools will respond to marketplace incentives; (3) research indicates an advantage of private over public organizations; (4) public choice theory promotes school improvement; and…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
