School Choice In Chile: Two Decades of Educational Reform

by Varun Gauri

School Choice in Chile examines the dramatic educational decentralization and privatization of schools in Chile. In the early 1980s, the Pinochet regime decentralized schooling, providing vouchers for parental choice of public or private schools. At the same time, the government supposedly gave the administration of schools to local municipalities. Although the reform has merit and is defended by some as a major achievement, Varun Gauri shows the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956780
• ISBN13: 9780822956785
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"