Let the Dollars Follow the Child

Autor/in	Whitehurst, Grover J.
Titel	Let the Dollars Follow the Child
Quelle	In: Education Next, 12 (2012) 2, S.8-15 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-9664
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Legislation; Governance; Government School Relationship; Federal Government; Accountability; Educational Policy; Educational Improvement; School Districts; Federal State Relationship; Charter Schools; Public Education; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Bundesregierung; Verantwortung; Politics of education; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; School district; Schulbezirk; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Öffentliche Erziehung
Abstract	Washington is at a crossroads on K-12 education policy. Policymakers can (1) continue down the path of top-down accountability; (2) devolve power to states and districts, thereby returning to the status quo of the mid-1990s; or (3) rethink the fundamentals, do something different, and empower parental choice. This article discusses how the federal government can achieve equity. The author believes that the best interests of the nation require something other than either a return to the happy days of local school governance or evolutionary improvements to the type of top-down accountability found in No Child Left Behind. He suggests that a fundamentally new approach is needed. He proposes to reform the nation's schools on the basis of two principles that have served the nation exceedingly well throughout its history: (1) federalism; and (2) choice. This approach places the federal government in a central role in providing information and compensatory funding and in promoting a competitive and information-rich marketplace for education services. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10