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Lori Lopez Arends – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Catholic schools across the country serve a valuable role in their communities as a source of academic strength, faith formation, and as a support system for families. The decline of Catholic school enrollment continues to be a source of challenge for families seeking a Catholic education for their children as well as for the Catholic school…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Parent Attitudes, School Choice, Elementary Education
Drew Jacobs; Debbie Veney – National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2023
"Believing in Public Education: A Demographic and State-level Analysis of Public Charter School and District Public School Enrollment Trends" is a new data analysis that examines enrollment trends during the last four school years (2019-2023). Over the last four school years (2019-20 to 2022-23), charter schools have gained more than…
Descriptors: Public Education, Public Schools, Charter Schools, School Districts
Helmin, Michelle G. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
College choice is one of the most significant decisions a family will make. Families with high socioeconomic status often hire independent educational consultants (IEC) to assist their family in college search activities. A review of the literature indicated a gap in the literature regarding IECs' understanding of the factors which influence their…
Descriptors: Consultants, College Choice, School Choice, Undergraduate Study
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Kretchmar, Kerry – Educational Forum, 2023
Parents make choices about their children's education within a neoliberal, racist system. Measurable metrics are used to evaluate school quality within a competitive, market-based system, yet those indicators often do not align with parents' definitions of a good school, and they obscure the role of race. This paper examines how white, privileged…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Whites, Advantaged, Decision Making
US House of Representatives, 2022
The Committee on Education and Labor met to hear testimony on "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the United States Department of Education." The U.S. Department of Education was making a budget request for Fiscal Year 2022 and the Committee wanted to examine the Department's priorities to support students, educators, and…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Federal Government, Education, Educational Policy
Osborne, David – Progressive Policy Institute, 2021
For much of the last two decades, beginning with the passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in 2002, the top political leaders have shown concern about children stuck in failing public schools. NCLB required districts to do something -- not enough, but something -- about those schools. Millions of children still languish in low-performing schools,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, African American Students, Minority Group Students, Low Achievement