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Kuenzi, Kerry; Stewart, Amanda; Walk, Marlene – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2020
The field of nonprofit education is rapidly growing, but the nonprofit literature has a noticeable gap about the impact of nonprofit education degree programs on their graduates, the organizations that employ them, and the wider nonprofit sector. This article reports findings from a study investigating the profile and motivations of students…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Graduate Students, Alumni, Student Motivation
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Carly Lassig; Shiralee Poed; Glenys Mann; Beth Saggers; Suzanne Carrington; Sofia Mavropoulou – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
The United Nations has called upon Governments that are signatory to the "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" (CRPD) to adopt practical but progressive systems to transfer resources from segregated settings/special schools into mainstream schools. What will this mean for Australia's special schools, particularly given…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Schools, Student Rights, Students with Disabilities
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Dominik Dvorák; Silvie Rita Kucerová; Ladislav Zilcher; Zdenek Svoboda – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2024
Current policies in education that support school choice can be a threat but also an opportunity for rural schools that are often at risk of closure or amalgamation/consolidation. Studies from Western Europe found two types of schools using the 'capitals' of the rural environment in different ways: 'community' and 'magnet' schools. Our…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Rural Areas
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Elizabeth K. Jeffers; Adrienne D. Dixson – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2024
Education research has often overlooked how the long durée of resistance for Black education has shaped current educational policy. We complicate notions of Black public school closures in two case studies from extensive ethnographic research in post-Katrina New Orleans through our reading of the plantation. Findings suggest these institutions…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High Schools, Minority Serving Institutions, African Americans
Viola Corradini; Clémence Idoux – Blueprint Labs, 2024
Differences in school choice by race contribute to school segregation and unequal access to effective schools. Conditional on test score and district of residence, Black and Hispanic families consistently choose schools with fewer white and Asian students, lower average achievement, and lower value-added. This paper combines unique survey data and…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, School Choice, Preferences, Diversity (Institutional)
Kendall Bennett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In a time of proliferated school choice, how do families choose a K-12 setting for their child(ren) in the state of Missouri? For many families the decision may be easy, but for others, they had to experience one educational setting before choosing another to know what they value and prioritize in their child(ren)'s education. This qualitative…
Descriptors: School Choice, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Environment
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Sachin Maharaj; Stephanie Tuters; Vidya Shah – Critical Education, 2024
Across Canada, school districts have been confronting a backlash to their equity and social justice initiatives. Critics of public education have been arguing that the solution to these controversies is to increase school choice. Using several examples from the United States, this paper argues that the endgame of these strategies is to undermine…
Descriptors: Critical Race Theory, School Choice, Private Schools, Public Education
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Yan Li – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2025
This paper explores how middle-class mothers' involvement in and how the meanings of a public school choice are shaped by the class differences in cultural capital and economic capital between the mother and father within one family. It examines the practices of choosing a public school that shapes a middle-class mother, rather than the school…
Descriptors: Social Class, Social Differences, Middle Class, Mother Attitudes
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Butler, Alisha – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2022
The growth of middle-class families in gentrifying neighborhoods has sparked questions about how these families select schools for their children. Research on elementary school selection has found that some parent gentrifiers are willing to try their neighborhood public schools. These parents are often motivated by civically oriented values,…
Descriptors: School Choice, Neighborhoods, Parent Attitudes, Middle Schools
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Pineda, Pedro; Salazar Morales, Diego Alonso; Celis, Jorge – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2022
This article explores the effects of charter schools on teachers' working conditions in Bogota (Colombia). By employing a semi-experimental approach involving Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Difference-in-Differences (DID), we find that in the close vicinity (postcode area) of where they are established, charter schools more than double…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Charter Schools, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Salaries
Harris, Julie C. – Urban Education, 2022
It has been 50 years since magnet schools were first used to address segregation in public schools. The context of magnet schools has changed dramatically during this time, raising questions about the role of magnet schools in a modern context. This study utilized data from a large urban district with more than 100 magnet schools to assess…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Magnet Schools, Urban Education, School Districts
Brake, Desiree – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative case (preregistered) study is to interview rural young Americans, deeply explore how they think about higher education as they prepare for life beyond high school, and analyze how those views and perceptions translate into barriers or motivators to its pursuit. Rural Americans feel less optimistic about their…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Student Attitudes, Rural Schools, Educational Attitudes
Reeves, Amber L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is currently no designated policy, procedure or staff in place to facilitate the objective of increasing student yield. As a result, magnet applications and acceptance of invitations to attend Owl Middle School is approached without a strategy which makes planning difficult and negates the ability to determine effective methods. Filling…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Magnet Schools, Educational Policy
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Hogan, Anna – Australian Educational Researcher, 2022
In Australia, a range of financial services, including education bonds, high interest personal loans and credit card debt, have long been used to help families pay for the cost of schooling. However, innovative financial technology (fintech) solutions are emerging which align with the growth of a lower risk 'buy now, pay later' phenomenon.…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Fees, Money Management
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Robershaw, Katherine L.; Bradley, Kelly D.; Waddington, R. Joseph – Journal of School Choice, 2022
This paper employed the Rasch rating scale model to examine the measurement properties of a newly developed scale measuring parents' awareness and perspectives on school choice. A conceptual framework and an item matrix were utilized to incorporate theoretical considerations relevant to the items for the scale. A pilot study collected responses…
Descriptors: School Choice, Knowledge Level, Parent Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
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