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"Parents Care Deeply about Their Kids' Education, but Perhaps Not so Deeply about the Education of Other People's Kids"
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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
The Readability and Complexity of District-Provided School-Choice Information
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Stein, Marc L.; Nagro, Sarah – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2015
Public school choice has become a common feature in American school districts. Any potential benefits that could be derived from these policies depend heavily on the ability of parents and students to make informed and educated decisions about their school options. We examined the readability and complexity of school-choice guides across a sample…
Descriptors: Readability, Difficulty Level, School Choice, Guides
School Choice Marches forward
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Butcher, Jonathan – Education Next, 2013
One year ago, the "Wall Street Journal" dubbed 2011 "the year of school choice," opining that "this year is shaping up as the best for reformers in a very long time." School-choice laws took great strides in 2011, both in the number of programs that succeeded across states and also in the size and scope of the adopted…
Descriptors: School Choice, Organizations (Groups), Legislation, Program Effectiveness
Attracting Capital: Magnets, Charters, and School Referendum Success
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Shober, Arnold F. – Journal of School Choice, 2011
Does school choice enhance the ability of school districts to raise revenue? School districts use charter and magnet schools to attract and retain students, but does choice improve the odds for school districts seeking increased taxing authority at the polls? If those parents who choose schools are attentive to district policies, then increasing…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Fund Raising, Charter Schools, Magnet Schools
Education Matters, January 2008
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Beckner, Gary, Ed. – Association of American Educators, 2008
"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) Agents of Change: Why So Many Teachers Are…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Labor Turnover, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Persistence
Tough Choice.
Shapiro, Walter – Time, 1991
To help public schools experience free-market competition, Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander and President Bush propose parental choice among private, parochial, and public schools, supported by public financing for program design and tuition grants. Sidebars highlight church/state separation concerns and school choice experiments in…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries