Rapid and controversial the spread of school choice initiatives across theUnited States has radically changed political debate about public education. Inthis bo... » 

Rapid and controversial the spread of school choice initiatives across theUnited States has radically changed political debate about public education. Inthis book Michael Mintrom explores the complex world of openenrollmentpolicies charter schools and voucher plans to reveal how and why schoolchoice has become a major issue.Mintrom uses the emergence of school choice in state politics to examine howpolicy change originates. In the first comprehensive and systematic treatmentof the concept of policy entrepreneurship he draws important conclusions abouthow innovative individuals policy entrepreneurs can spur significantchange in the policy arena. Blending original theory with both qualitative andquantitative investigation Mintrom explains how energetic people made schoolchoice a real choice. In doing so he changes our broader understanding of howpolicy is formed. «