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Fall 2002

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 18, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2002

Key Policies for a Competitive Education Industry

John Merrifield, University of Texas - San Antonio

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KeyPoliciesforaCompetitiveEducationIndustryJohnMerrifieldUniversityofTexasBSanAntonioThere=salotoftalkaboutcompetitioninprimaryandsecondary(K-12)educationCwedesperatelyneeditCbutlittle1ornonecurrentlyexistsintheUnitedStates.2ThisarticleaimstoclarifythenatureofcompetitionasitcouldapplytoK-12educationCincludingthesignificantdifferencesbetweengenuinecompetitionandlimitedrivalryCandtodescribethepoliciesthatwouldfostergenuinecompetitioninK-12.It=sanimportantissue,becauseunlessweknowwhengenuinecompetitionexists,howtofosterit,wewillcontinuetomalignmarketforcesbyconductingpointlessexperimentsthatfocusthepolicydebateoncosmeticpartialmeasuresthatarelimitedescapevalvesratherthanworkingreformcatalysts.Withoutanoverhaulofthepublicdebate,Aanationatrisk@3willnotgetthetransformationoftheK-12systemthatrightlytops4thenationalpoliticalagenda.Competition=skeyrequirements1PerhapsintheEdgewoodDistrictofSanAntonio,Texas.2Fordiscussionofcompetitioninpasteducationsystems,includingthepre-1840UnitedStates,seeAndrewCoulson,MarketEducation(Brunswick,NJ:TransactionPress,1999).3NationalCommissiononExcellenceinEducation,ANationatRisk:TheImperativeforEducationalreform(Washington:U.S.DepartmentofEducation,1983).SimilarlanguageisintheAEducationasaNationalSecurityImperative@chapteroftheFebruary,2001RoadMapforNationalSecurity:ImperativeforChange,ThePhaseIIIReportoftheU.S.CommissiononNationalSecurity/21stCentury(Washington,DC):38-46.4Itwasthe#1politicalissueuntilthe>9-11=terroristattacks.ConcernsabouttheK-12systemevenariseinthenationalsecurityrecommendationsofprestigiouspresidentialcommissions:RoadMapforNationalSecurity:ImperativeforChange,ThePhaseIIIReportoftheU.S.CommissiononNationalSecurity/21stCentury(Washington,DC:February,2001):38-46.

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Title	Key Policies for a Competitive Education Industry
Authors/Creators:	John Merrifield, University of Texas - San Antonio
Year:	2002
Volume:	18
Number:	1
Pages:	64 - 79
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles

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Merrifield, John / 2002. "Key Policies for a Competitive Education Industry." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 18(1): 64-79.