Lexington Books
Pages: 198
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4985-4600-3 • Hardback • September 2017 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-4601-0 • eBook • September 2017 • $105.50 • (£82.00)
Michael R. Ford is assistant professor of Public Administration at the University of Wisconsin—Oshkosh.
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Milwaukee School Choice Policy: From Bold Experiment to Status Quo
Chapter 2: The Path to Fragmentation: How Voucher Policy Changed other Parts of Milwaukee’s Education Landscape
Chapter 3: School Failure in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
Chapter 4: Milwaukee Voucher School Leaders’ Views on Accountability: What Are They, and Why do They Matter?
Chapter 5: The Long-term Impact of Vouchers on MPS Finances and Enrollment
Chapter 6: The MPCP and Student Achievement: What We Have Studied, and What We Need to Study
Chapter 7: The Politics of School Vouchers in Milwaukee
Chapter 8: A Parallel or Complementary School System?
Chapter 9: Moving Milwaukee Forward: A Meta-Governance Solution
Chapter 10: Lessons from the Milwaukee Voucher Experience
Anyone interested in the marketisation of education should read this fascinating book.
— Educational Review
At a time when national interest in school vouchers and school choice is very high, there are valuable lessons to learn from Milwaukee, which has the oldest and most impactful voucher program in the United States. Mike Ford is an excellent person to teach those lessons. In this book, he provides a clear-eyed, knowledgeable, realistic, and insightful examination of the record and results of the voucher program, along with provocative thoughts on what public policy lessons it teaches.
— Alan Borsuk, Marquette University Law School
At a time when the national debate over school choice is more vicious and polarizing than ever, Michael Ford brings some well needed balance, nuance, and perspective to the issue. Grounded in the real experience of Milwaukee families, rather than ideology or theory, he makes a compelling case for a more cohesive approach to improving urban schools.
— Michael J. Petrilli, President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute