| List of Figures and Tables | |
| Preface | |
| Ch. 1 | The Call for Choice and Radical Reform | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | The Political Meaning of "Crisis" | 26 |
| Ch. 3 | Application of the Market Model | 57 |
| Ch. 4 | Repackaging Choice | 78 |
| Ch. 5 | Evolving Practice: Problematic Lessons from History | 101 |
| Ch. 6 | Uses of Evidence: The Empirical Case that "Choice Works" | 117 |
| Ch. 7 | Reinterpreting the Lessons of Experience | 149 |
| Ch. 8 | How Market-Based Plans Will Fail | 174 |
| Ch. 9 | Putting Educational Choice in Its Place | 196 |
| Afterword | 223 |
| Notes | 243 |
| Index | 291 |