School Choice Policies in the Political Spectacle

Creator

Linda Miller-Kahn
Mary Lee Smith

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

November 2001

Abstract

This article presents research on school choice. It takes the case of a school district in Boulder, Colorado, through the decade of the 1990s and shows how interest groups took advantage of federal, state, and district policies meant to promote school choice and molded them into a system of schools that met individualistic interests rather than the common good. Extensive interviewing and analysis of documents and media reports served as sources of evidence. The authors argue that district officials accommodated the demands of elite groups of parents to transform the district. ...

Extent

41

Geographic Location

Boulder (Colo.)

Volume

9

Issue

50

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Miller-Kahn, L. & Smith, M.L. (2001, November 30). School choice policies in the political spectacle, Education Policy Analysis Archives, 9(50). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n50.html.

Identifier

E11-00247

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Recommended Citation

Miller-Kahn, Linda and Smith, Mary Lee, "School Choice Policies in the Political Spectacle" (2001). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 99.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/99