This discussion of public school choice considers school choice at all levels. It argues that choice programmes: promote inequity rather than improved quality; are expensive; require a large bureaucracy to administer; and do not necessarily lead to better education.

Kevin B. Smith, Kenneth J. Meier

Chapter One The Hobgoblins of Education Policy; Chapter Two Problems, Solutions, and Choices; Chapter Three The Institutional Theory: School Choice Revisited; Chapter Four Organization, Competition, and Performance; Chapter Five Private Schools: The Chicken or the Egg?; Chapter Six Politics and Performance; Chapter Seven Fixin' What Ain't Broke: Education Performance in the 1980s; Chapter Eight Choice across the Borders; Chapter Nine Conclusion; Chapter Ten Epilogue: Last Choice;