Educating Citizens: International Perspectives on Civic Values and School Choice

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The United States is in the midst of historic experiments with publicly funded choice in K12 education, experiments that recently received a green light from the Supreme Court. Other nations have long experience with the funding and regulation of nonpublic schools, including religious schools. This book asks what U.S. policymakers, public officials, and citizens can learn from these experiences.

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" Educating Citizens provides a rich, panoramic view of how the American approach to school choice compares with that of other diverse, liberal democracies. The book's unusual mixture of detailed description and normative assessments by leading social scientist, lawyers, and policy analysts is required reading for anyone interested in educational innovation and in the roles of church, state, and civil society in creating democratic citizens." Peter Schuck, Yale University and New York University Law Schools

"As Mark Twain reportedly observed about the weather, everyone complains about the lack of comparative education research but no one does much about it. Wolf and Macedo have, to excellent effect. Drawing lessons is difficult here no European nation has the U.S. racial history or legacy but this careful and imaginative effort will greatly benefit policymakers and citizens alike." Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University

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Patrick J. Wolf is associate professor of public policy at Georgetown University. Stephen Macedo is the Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and director of the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. David J. Ferrero is director of evaluation and policy research for education programs at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Charles Venegoni is president of Civitas Schools in Chicago.