JAMES R. RINEHART is Professor of Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic Education at Francis Marion College in South Carolina. He has worked directly with public schools in an eleven-county area of South Carolina. Dr. Rinehart has published many articles in academic journals and magazines and has written several monographs.JACKSON F. LEE, JR. is Professor in the School of Education at Francis Marion College and the Director of its Elementary Science Leadership Program. Dr. Lee is an educational consultant and the author/coauthor of 17 articles and 11 instructional manuals. His previous book, Providing for Individual Differences in Student Learning, was co-authored with K. Wayne Pruitt.

• Preface What Is Happening to America's Schools? The Growing Interest in Educational Choice Do We Really Need a Change? Critical Questions: Deciding What We Want from Our Schools The Question of Limited Means The Question of Individual Differences The Question of Individual Decision Making The Question of Deciding How Much: Seeking the Optimum Level of Ignorance The Question of How Education Should Be Produced: The Problem of Cost The Question of Educational Quality: Can Government Provide It? Improving Education Through Choice Putting Choice into the Educational System Privatizing Public Schools: The Best Approach to Choice and Excellence Common Criticisms of Privatization and Choice A Final Note References Index

JAMES R. RINEHART is Professor of Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic Education at Francis Marion College in South Carolina. He has worked directly with public schools in an eleven-county area of South Carolina. Dr. Rinehart has published many articles in academic journals and magazines and has written several monographs.JACKSON F. LEE, JR. is Professor in the School of Education at Francis Marion College and the Director of its Elementary Science Leadership Program. Dr. Lee is an educational consultant and the author/coauthor of 17 articles and 11 instructional manuals. His previous book, Providing for Individual Differences in Student Learning, was co-authored with K. Wayne Pruitt.

• Preface What Is Happening to America's Schools? The Growing Interest in Educational Choice Do We Really Need a Change? Critical Questions: Deciding What We Want from Our Schools The Question of Limited Means The Question of Individual Differences The Question of Individual Decision Making The Question of Deciding How Much: Seeking the Optimum Level of Ignorance The Question of How Education Should Be Produced: The Problem of Cost The Question of Educational Quality: Can Government Provide It? Improving Education Through Choice Putting Choice into the Educational System Privatizing Public Schools: The Best Approach to Choice and Excellence Common Criticisms of Privatization and Choice A Final Note References Index

JAMES R. RINEHART is Professor of Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic Education at Francis Marion College in South Carolina. He has worked directly with public schools in an eleven-county area of South Carolina. Dr. Rinehart has published many articles in academic journals and magazines and has written several monographs.JACKSON F. LEE, JR. is Professor in the School of Education at Francis Marion College and the Director of its Elementary Science Leadership Program. Dr. Lee is an educational consultant and the author/coauthor of 17 articles and 11 instructional manuals. His previous book, Providing for Individual Differences in Student Learning, was co-authored with K. Wayne Pruitt.

• Preface What Is Happening to America's Schools? The Growing Interest in Educational Choice Do We Really Need a Change? Critical Questions: Deciding What We Want from Our Schools The Question of Limited Means The Question of Individual Differences The Question of Individual Decision Making The Question of Deciding How Much: Seeking the Optimum Level of Ignorance The Question of How Education Should Be Produced: The Problem of Cost The Question of Educational Quality: Can Government Provide It? Improving Education Through Choice Putting Choice into the Educational System Privatizing Public Schools: The Best Approach to Choice and Excellence Common Criticisms of Privatization and Choice A Final Note References Index