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Download full textGreene, Jay P.; Paul, James D. – Heritage Foundation, 2022
Critical race theory (CRT) and the high-profile projects pushing the radical ideology's discriminatory ideas are trying to divide Americans by skin color and pit them against each other. The cultural fissures are manifesting in education, with heated arguments about curricula and classroom activism. This "Backgrounder" estimates how…
Descriptors: School Choice, Social Problems, Culture Conflict, Critical Theory
Greene, Jay P.; Forster, Greg – 2002
A considerable body of research exists on whether students who attend private school with a voucher benefit academically. Whether public schools improve in response to the challenge of voucher programs, however, has been less thoroughly studied. This study provides new evidence on how public schools fare when faced with the challenge of school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools
Greene, Jay P. – 2002
The Education Freedom Index measures the extent of government-subsidized or government-regulated educational choices offered to families in each state. The Education Freedom Index score is the average of four components: charter school choice, subsidized private school choice, home schooling choice, and public school choice. This paper analyzes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling
Greene, Jay P. – 2000
In this report, the extent and nature of education freedom is estimated for each state, using a new Education Freedom Index (EFI). This analysis shows the remarkable differences in education freedom among the states and attempts to make educational freedom a concept that becomes the subject of policy debate. The EFI is composed of measures of five…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Policy
Direct linkGreene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2005
This study evaluates the effect that the size of a state's school districts has on public high school graduation rates. The authors calculate the graduation rate over the last decade and examine the relationship between these graduation rates and changes in each state's average school district size. The study finds that decreasing the size of…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, High Schools, Educational Change, School District Size
Greene, Jay P. – 2003
This bulletin discusses approaches that reformers are using nationwide to bring about improvement in urban schools. It focuses on (1) embracing more choices (school vouchers, charter schools, private management, public school transfers, home schooling, enrolling high school students in community colleges, and virtual education); (2) holding…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Charter Schools, Computer Uses in Education
