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Should Market Forces Control Educational Decision Making?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Jack Tweedie ,
Dennis D. Riley ,
John E. Chubb  and
Terry M. Moe
Jack Tweedie
Affiliation:
State University of New York, Binghamton
Dennis D. Riley
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
John E. Chubb
Affiliation:
Brookings Institution
Terry M. Moe
Affiliation:
Stanford University
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Abstract

In the December 1988 issue of this Review, John Chubb and Terry Moe presented data comparing public and private schools, and made an argument concerning “politics, markets, and the organization of schools.” Chubb and Moe argue that private schools outperform public schools because they are more autonomous, advantaged by market forces rather than democratic political control. Jack Tweedie takes vigorous exception to this conclusion, arguing that the evidence does not support Chubb and Moe's conclusions about the efficacy of market forces. Dennis Riley directly attacks the virtues of market control of institutional choices in educational policy making. Chubb and Moe find their critics unconvincing.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , June 1990 , pp. 549 - 567
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1990

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