Knight-Abowitz, KathleenStitzlein, Sarah M.2018-10-312018-10-31Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Sarah M. Stitzlein, "Public schools, public goods, and public work," Phi Delta Kappan 100, 3 (November 2018), 33-37.http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/6275When determining whether public schools constitute a public good, it’s important to understand what we mean by a public good. An economic definition, common among school choice advocates, focuses on the individual benefits of getting a good education. Within such a definition, selecting a school may be compared to selecting a box of cereal at the supermarket. Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Sarah M. Stitzlein argue for a more civic-minded vision that focuses on how public schools both promote and benefit from a vision of shared liberties, shared governance, and a shared future. This vision requires looking beyond individual choices to highlight the many practices within schools that bear considerable social and political benefits.CC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Journal Article