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008			230130s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781541646773 _q(hardcover)
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092			_a379.73 _bF559
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100	1		_aFitzpatrick, Cara, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe death of public school : _bhow conservatives won the war over education in America / _cCara Fitzpatrick.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2308
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c[2023]
300			_aviii, 375 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Conservatives have succeeded in establishing their vision of education in America, one in which government funds can be used to pay for both public and private schools. As a result, the very meaning of public education in the United States has shifted away from the idea of a universal good. To understand how we got here, The Death of Public School argues, we must look back at the turbulent history of school choice. The Death of Public School tells the rich and surprising story about the people, unusual political alliances, and philanthropic interests that have fueled the rise of the school choice movement over the last 70 years. Drawing on two decades of experience as an education reporter, Fitzpatrick traces the origins of school choice in the modern era from Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist who helped lead a revival of conservatism in the 20th century, to the present day, in which conservatives are propelling the spread of choice options, such as charter schools, school vouchers, and tax-credit scholarships. Fitzpatrick paints rich portraits of people from various political and cultural backgrounds-from free-market conservatives to Catholic priests to white segregationists in the South to Black parents in urban school systems-who, in pursuit of their vision of education, linked arms with individuals across the aisle"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aPublic schools _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aConservatism _zUnited States _y21st century.
650		0	_aEducation and state _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
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