School Choice and School Governance : A Historical Study of the United States and Germany

For over 200 years legislators, educators, and public-minded citizens have debated ways of governing their country's public schools. In these debates the opportunity, or its absence, of participating in the choice and the administration of their children's school has been an ever-present concern to parents. This book reviews these debates and discusses such present-day school choice related issues as racial integration, ethnicity, social class, vouchers, charter, magnet and private schools in the United States, the former German Democratic Republic, and the Federal Republic of Germany. For Over Two Hundred Years, Legislators, Educators, And Public-minded Citizens Have Debated Ways Of Governing Their Country's Public Schools. In These Debates The Opportunity - Or Absence - Of Participating In The Choice And The Administration Of Schools Has Been An Ever-present Concern To Parents. This New Book From Historian Jurgen Herbst Reviews These Debates And Discusses Such Present-day School Choice Related Issues As Racial Integration, Ethnicity, Social Class, Vouchers, Charter, Magnet, And Private Schools In The United States, The Former German Democratic Republic, And The Federal Republic Of Germany.--jacket. Introduction: School Choice; A Brief Overview -- The Systemization Of Public Education -- School Governance And School Choice, 1900-1950 -- School Choice In The United States Afte World War Ii -- Schulwahl In The Post-world War Ii Period -- Retrospect And Outlook. Jurgen Herbst. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [163]-188) And Indexes. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-6 Beginnings....Pages 7-30 The Systematization of Public Education....Pages 31-62 School Governance and School Choice 1900–1950....Pages 63-94 School Choice in the United States after World War II....Pages 95-120 Schulwahl in the Post-World War II Period....Pages 121-142 Retrospect and Outlook....Pages 143-162 Back Matter....Pages 163-207 For over 200 years, legislators, educators, and public-minded citizens have debated how to govern public schools. This book reviews these debates and discusses racial integration, ethnicity, social class, vouchers, charter, magnet and private schools in the United States, the former German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany. Discusses issues related to school choice, such as racial integration, ethnicity, social class, and vouchers, and examines the history of private schools in the United States and Germany.