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Wirt, Frederick M. – 1991
A century or more of reform in urban services, including schooling, has seen a competition over four core values: quality, equity, efficiency, and choice. These four are not always mutually compatible. Quality opposes equity and choice but is reinforced by efficiency, which is supported by equity. The choice value is incompatible with all the…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Culture Conflict, Design Preferences, Educational Principles
