Reports the latest empirical results on choice programs nationwide. Who benefits and who loses under these programs? Do innovative forms of schooling flourish? Does student achievement improve? These are the crucial questions addressed by the editors and their contributors in this collection of studies.

Selected contents: African-American Students’ View of School Choice • Public School Choice in San Antonio • Equity and Choice in Detroit • Who Benefits from the Milwaukee Choice Program? • Public and Private Schools Overseas • After 15 Years: Magnet Schools in Urban Education • Lessons from the Largest School Voucher Program: Two Decades of Experience with Pell Grants

Contributors include Rolf K. Blank, Jeffrey R. Henig, Valerie E. Lee, Marlaine Lockheed, Amy Stuart Wells, and John F. Witte.