EXPLORE THIS CONTROVERSIAL APPROACH TO EDUCATION, ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS, SUCCESSES, AND FAILURES IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE THAT COVERS EVERY FACET OF THE ISSUE, FROM FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS TO OUTSOURCING OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT TO VOUCHERS. The book covers everything from school vouchers to little-known market-based educational reforms like for-profit management of public schools, commercialism in the classroom, philanthropic tuition sponsorships, faith-based charities, educational tax credits, corporate curriculum, and advertising as well as exclusive agreements between companies and schools. It includes case studies of two well-established voucher systems: the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the private national voucher policy in Chile, a program started in l973. The book also includes a chronology, directories, bibliographies, and other reference content.