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Anna Weiss; David Woo; Tuan Nguyen – Journal of School Choice, 2024
Using six waves of the Schools and Staffing Survey and the National Teacher and Principal Survey that span two decades, our study explores the differences between urban charter and traditional public school teachers and how those differences become more or less pronounced over time. During this time frame, the charter sector experienced…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Public School Teachers
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Anderson, Kaitlin P.; Nagel, Jesse – Journal of School Choice, 2020
In recent years, policymakers in many states have enacted reforms to teacher evaluation, tenure, and collective bargaining in the traditional public school (TPS) sector. The implications for such changes across the broader labor market for K-12 teachers, however, are often left undiscussed. In this article, we use microdata from 2005-2016 to…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Beginning Teachers, Public School Teachers, Charter Schools
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Malkus, Nat – Journal of School Choice, 2016
The national debate over charter schooling has become increasingly heated in 2016, driven by polarized narratives about the students charters typically serve. Opponents argue charters cream-skim more advantaged students, while proponents hold they primarily serve historically disadvantaged students. National evidence on charter student selectivity…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Traditional Schools, Charter Schools, Public Schools
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Anderson, Kaitlin P. – Journal of School Choice, 2017
Opponents of charter schools argue these schools "cream-skim" the best students from traditional public schools and push out hard-to-educate students. This paper reviews 22 studies of enrollment issues related to student achievement, special education status, English proficiency, and student discipline in US charter schools. Of the 22…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Educational Practices, Enrollment
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Shin, Hyo Jeong; Fuller, Bruce; Dauter, Luke – Journal of School Choice, 2017
Disparate findings on whether students attending charter schools outperform peers in traditional public schools (TPS) may stem from mixing differing types of charters or inadequately accounting for pupil background. To gauge prior family selection and heterogeneous effects, we distinguish between conversion and start-up charter schools, along with…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Traditional Schools, Public Schools, Institutional Characteristics
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Cheng, Albert; Tuchman, Sivan; Wolf, Patrick J. – Journal of School Choice, 2016
Homeschooling is controversial for a variety of reasons. One concern is whether families are sufficiently equipped to serve students with disabilities. We investigate this issue by assessing parental satisfaction with the special education services that their child is receiving in various educational sectors (e.g., homeschool, traditional public,…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Parent Attitudes, Satisfaction, Special Education