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Direct linkWeis, W. Charles, III – Education and Urban Society, 2020
Prior research suggests that parents of Hispanics, English learners, and students living in poverty exercise school choice less frequently than other parents, which may be a factor in the resegregation of public schools. This quasi-experimental, causal-comparative design tests whether ethnicity, language dominance, or socioeconomic status of the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, English Language Learners, Low Income Students, School Choice
Kronholz, June – Education Next, 2014
This article describes the results of a California state law established in 2010 that created "Districts of Choice." The District of Choice law was meant to encourage districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and this-school-fits-my-child options that parents wanted. This designation meant that children from any…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Competition, Entrepreneurship
Waslander, Sietske; Pater, Cissy; van der Weide, Maartje – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
In the last three decennia, many governments have introduced market mechanisms in education. They have done so by enhancing parental choice and encouraging school competition, through policies like abolishing catchment areas, creating voucher programmes and setting up charter schools. These market mechanisms have given rise to fierce debates in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Charter Schools, Educational Objectives
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) Is She Your Competition? Are India's Students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competition, Equal Education, Public Schools
Ouchi, William G. – Education Next, 2004
Decentralization has been a popular theme in school districts for a long time. Indeed, most districts claim that they are decentralized, having latched onto the "site-based management" movement of the 1980s. Superintendents and central-office personnel point to their local school councils, staffed by parents, teachers, and school…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, School Districts, Public Schools, Urban Schools
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
