School Choice and School Governance

JURGEN HERBST is Professor Emeritus of Educational Policy Studies and History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

• Introduction: School Choice: A Brief Overview Beginnings The Systematization of Public Education School Governance and School Choice 1900-1950 School Choice in the United States after World War II Schulwahl in the Post World War II Period Retrospect and Outlook

"Jurgen Herbst's latest work is a path-breaking study of school choice as it has developed over the past two centuries, fascinating for what it tells us about parents, schools, and education policy in general." - Professor Gary McCulloch, Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education, Institute of Education, University of London