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Direct linkShari Lynn Kinney – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to examine the decision-making process of K-12 parents living in the Appalachian Highlands who chose to remove their children from traditional public schools to join learning pods (sometimes referred to as pandemic pods) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to answer this overarching…
Descriptors: School Choice, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes
Brandi Gill – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Gill, Brandi. Student Achievement Comparison between Traditional Schools and Schools of Choice: A Quantitative Study, (under the direction of Theodore Kaniuka, Ed.D) This study provides a detailed review of school choice literature nationally and within the state of North Carolina. The literature revealed limited studies focused on school choice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Traditional Schools, Nontraditional Education, School Choice
Dimmie, Carol A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative study explored the awareness and perceptions of a select group of parents about specialty and charter school offerings in a large countywide school system in a mid-Atlantic state. The study utilized focus groups as the primary source of data collection to obtain information from parents about their knowledge and opinion of current…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Parent Attitudes
Park, Chong Myung – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of the ways in which educational experiences might differ between a regional vocational technical high school (RVTH) and short-term career-training programs. A particular regional vocational technical high school was selected for its outstanding academic records and placement rates, and a…
Descriptors: Vocational High Schools, Health Occupations, Career Education, Case Studies
Donohue Stetz, Mary – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this mixed methods study is to ascertain how and why parents select an alternative public educational setting for secondary students in the state of Minnesota a state with school choice options. Three research questions address this purpose, including why parents do not send their children to the local public high school, why…
Descriptors: High Schools, Charter Schools, School Choice, Public Education
Download full textArchbald, Douglas A. – 1988
School choice is advocated on the theory that deregulation and greater market control can restructure and improve education. While certain market strategies of improvement are worth exploring, complex production functions, unclear goals, and the political role of education in society limit the extent to which education can be understood and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Doctoral Dissertations, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
