{"product_id":"the-case-for-parental-choice-9780268204846","title":"The Case for Parental Choice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis work makes a richly humanitarian case for parental school choice, seeking to advance social justice and respect the dignity of parentsespecially those on the margins.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, arguments in favor of school choice have largely been advanced on the basis of utility or outcome rather than social justice and human dignity. \u003ci\u003eThe Case for Parental Choice: God, Family, and Educational Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling and humanitarian alternative. This volume contains an edited collection of essays by John E. Coons, a visionary legal scholar and ardent supporter of what is perhaps best described as a social justice case for parental school choice. Few have written more prodigiously or prophetically about the need to give parentsparticularly poor parentspower over their children's schooling. Coons has been an advocate of school choice for over sixty years, and indeed remains one of the most articulate proponents of a case for school choice that promotes both low-income \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Few, if any, scholars possess more insights about parental school choice than John Coons. Beyond the philosophical, legal, and moral concerns surrounding choice, which Coons analyzes cogently, he also draws upon common-sense practicalities to cinch his many compelling arguments.” —Patrick J. Wolf, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe School Choice Journey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Those looking for a better way to resolve differences, to transcend partisan narratives, and to promote a robust and pluralistic school system that engenders greater trust would be wise to consult Coons’s extensive scholarship. The Case for Parental Choice makes an elegant and accessible reintroduction to his work.\" —\u003cem\u003eCity Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by the Editors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Jesse Choper\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface by John E. Coons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 1. Religion, Liberty, and Education\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Intellectual Liberty and the Schools\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Making Schools Public\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. School Choice as Simple Justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Education: Intimations of a Populist Rescue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Orphans of the Enlightenment: Belief and the Academy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 2. Education and Community\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Can Education Create Community?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Education: Nature, Nurture, and Gnosis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Magna Charter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 3. Religion, Family, and Schools\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Luck, Obedience, and the Vocation of the Childhood\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Religious Rights of Children\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Sovereign Parent\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Exit, with Spirit\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoldiers and School Choice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt Takes a Village? No, When It Comes to Schooling, It Takes Parents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Schools and the Bingo Curriculum\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchool Choice Restores Parental Responsibility\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMLK and God’s Schools\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFaith, School Choice, and Moral Foundations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOf Civics and “Sects”: Debunking Another School Choice Myth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFear of Words Unspoken\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEquality, “Created Equality,” and the Case for School Choice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Tale of Two Turkeys\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Teaching Human Equality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchool, Such a Trip\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400763679063,"sku":"9780268204846","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268204846.jpg?v=1730471507","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-case-for-parental-choice-9780268204846","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}