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EDUCATION: the ‘opting out’ revolution
Author(s) -
West Edwin
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1993.tb00051.x
Subject(s) - opting out , government (linguistics) , public administration , political science , sociology , economic history , history , economics , philosophy , linguistics , keynesian economics
How much difference will ‘opting out’ make to public education? Professor Edwin West, of the University of Carleton of Ottawa, Canada, concludes that it merely exchanges central government control for that of local authorities'. Why, he asks, could not the Assisted Places Scheme be extended to all children?