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Wolf, Patrick J.; Egalite, Anna J. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2016
This report summarizes the state of competition in American K-12 education. It pays particular attention to the prevalence and market penetration of charter schools, private school vouchers, and tax-credit scholarships as market reforms. The effect of added institutional competition from charters, vouchers, and tax-credit scholarships on the…
Descriptors: School Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Competition
Dechausay, Nadine; Anzelone, Caitlin – Administration for Children & Families, 2016
This report describes a collaboration between the Indiana Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning (OECOSL) and the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) team. The OECOSL is the lead agency responsible for administering the state's Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), which provides child care subsidies to…
Descriptors: Child Care, Grants, Early Childhood Education, After School Programs
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2010
This publication presents the 2009-2010 edition of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's "ABCs of School Choice". The "ABCs of School Choice" provides the latest in up-to-date and accurate information about the many school choice success stories taking place throughout the country. Readers will find this guide an…
Descriptors: School Choice, Tax Credits, Tuition, Scholarships
Stein, Marc; Goldring, Ellen; Cravens, Xiu – National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University (NJ1), 2010
Much of the debate surrounding school choice in general and charter schools in particular revolves around the types of students who choose to leave their traditional public schools in favor of enrolling in charter schools and the possible effects of these choices on the schools that they leave behind (Dee & Fu, 2004; Henig, 1994; Schneider,…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Charter Schools, Educational Testing, Federal Programs
DiPerna, Paul, Ed. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2012
School choice is a common sense idea that gives all parents the power and freedom to choose their child's education, while encouraging healthy competition among schools and other institutions to better serve students' needs and priorities. It is a public policy that allows a parent/guardian or student to choose a district, charter, or private…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Public Policy, Guides
Ladner, Matthew – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2009
Jeb Bush campaigned for Governor on a clear and bracing set of education reforms in 1998. Having won office, he immediately pursued a dual track strategy of education reform: standards and accountability for public schools, choice options for dissatisfied parents. Florida lawmakers followed these reforms with additional measures, including…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Private Schools, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education