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Direct linkJabbar, Huriya; Creed, Benjamin – Peabody Journal of Education, 2020
A key goal of school choice policies is to generate competition between schools, which should theoretically drive school leaders to improve their programs to attract and retain students. However, few studies examine how principals actually perceive and define competition. This article empirically examines school leaders' conceptions of competition…
Descriptors: Competition, Charter Schools, Principals, Program Improvement
Creed, Benjamin; Jabbar, Huriya; Scott, Michael R. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2018
One common expectation of school choice policies is that they will generate competition between schools. Despite the large body of work examining whether competition improves student outcomes, we know less about how competition works in the educational sector. We know even less about how charter school leaders perceive and respond to competitive…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Charter Schools, Competition, School Choice
Kotok, Stephen; Knight, David S.; Jabbar, Huriya; Rivera, Luis E.; Rincones, Rodolfo – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2019
Purpose: Despite the popularity of open enrollment as a school choice mechanism, there is little research on how principals behave in a district-run competitive setting. This study adds to our understanding of how open enrollment policies affect the role of the principal as well as educational equity by examining the roles and behaviors of school…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Choice, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Jabbar, Huriya – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine school leaders' preferences and practices in an environment of widespread decentralization, privatization, and school choice. In New Orleans, such reforms have been enacted citywide since Hurricane Katrina, making it an ideal site to examine what happens when policy makers lift restrictions for…
Descriptors: School Choice, Teacher Selection, Labor Market, Administrator Attitudes
Jabbar, Huriya – American Educational Research Journal, 2015
School choice policies are often based on the idea that competition will generate better outcomes for all students. Yet there is limited empirical research about how school leaders actually perceive competition and whom they view as rivals. Drawing on concepts from economic sociology, I study principals' competitive networks and the sets of…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Policy, Competition, Network Analysis
Download full textJabbar, Huriya; Li, Dongmei M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
School choice policies, such as charter schools and vouchers, are in part designed to induce competition between schools. While several studies have examined the impact of private school competition on public schools, few studies have explored school leaders' perceptions of private school competitors. This study examines the extent to which public…
Descriptors: School Choice, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Private Schools
