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Peer reviewedMargonis, Frank; Parker, Laurence – Educational Policy, 1995
Two systems of metaphors (laissez-faire and communitarian) have set the parameters governing the educational choice debate. Choice proponents argue that markets will make schools more efficient and egalitarian; critics view privatization as fragmenting the body politic. When institutional racism is factored in, privatization appears to further…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Free Enterprise System
