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Download full textChubb, John E.; Moe, Terry M. – 1989
Parental choice represents a promising approach to school improvement; it eliminates the excessive regulation, inefficient operation, and ineffective service that characterize the public monopolies that American schools and school systems have become. However, school reformers should bear in mind the following key points: (1) school performance…
Descriptors: Competition, Decision Making, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedChubb, John E. – Public Interest, 1988
The reforms that are most consistent with current arrangements for school governance and administration are unlikely to foster the organizational and professional climates most conducive to student achievement. But the kinds of reforms that might engender better school conditions are inconsistent with existing controls and are, therefore, unlikely…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement
Chubb, John E.; Moe, Terry M. – 1989
Parental choice is seen as a promising approach to school improvement. This report supports choice by suggesting answers to the following questions that reformers might ask: (1) is school performance poor enough to justify wholesale change? (2) what have schools done about troubling trends in student performance? (3) what do other researchers say…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
