Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Are the Chicago Public Schools "the Worst in the Nation?"
1 Inside the Chicago Public Schools
2 A Nation at Risk
3 The Battle over Curriculum
Part 2: Why the Chicago Public Schools Do Not Work
4 How the Chicago Public Schools Became Centralized
5 How the Chicago Public Schools Declined
6 Poverty, Ethnicity, and Other Barriers to Excellence
7 Why Some Schools Work
Part 3: The Cure
8 Voice and Choice: Real Reform
9 Voice and Choice: Ten Questions and Answers
10 Education Rebates: One Step Further
11 Education Rebates: Ten Questions and Answers
12 Other Proposed Reforms
13 What You Can Do
Appendix
Financial Impact of Education Rebates
About the Sponsors