Choice and Diversity in Schooling:

This volume provides a unique insight into current understanding of a range of issues central to any analysis and evaluation of market-like systems in schooling, including: the diversity and hierarchy among various schools; parental criteria for choosing schools; the differential impact on advantaged and disadvantaged families; national and international variations in educational policies; and rules and practices concerning school admissions. Implications for future research and for educational policy are highlighted and the final chapter provides an overview of key themes and issues. This book will interest all those involved in educational policy, researchers, students, headteachers and other senior managers in schools.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
Diversity, Differentiation and Hierarchy: School Choice and Parental Preferences	p. 7
Marketing Quality: Traditional and Modern Versions of Educational Excellence	p. 29
School System Responses to External Change: Implications for Parental Choice of Schools	p. 44
Opting into the Past? Grant-Maintained Schools and the Reinvention of Tradition	p. 59
School's Responsiveness to Parent's Views at Key Stage One	p. 71
Parental Involvement and School Choice: Israel and the United States	p. 86
Parental Choice and Special Education	p. 102
The Impact of Competition on Secondary Schools	p. 116
The Education Market, Labour Relations in Schools and Teacher Unionism in the UK	p. 136
Policies for School Choice: What Can Britain Learn from Abroad?	p. 152
Admissions to Schools: A Study of Local Education Authorities	p. 166
Changing Admissions Policies and Practices in Inner London: Implications for Policy and Future Research	p. 178
Review and Implications	p. 191
Index	p. 206
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Choice and Diversity in Schooling: Perspectives and Prospects

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