ERIC Number: ED559993
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014-May-14
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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Expanding the Education Universe: A Fifty-State Strategy for Course Choice
Brickman, Michael
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
After twenty years of expanding school-choice options, state leaders, educators, and families have a new tool: course choice, a strategy for students to learn from unconventional providers that might range from top-tier universities or innovative community colleges to local employers, labs, or hospitals. In "Expanding the Education Universe: A Fifty-State Strategy for Course Choice," Fordham's Michael Brickman outlines policy questions and options to weigh when designing course-choice programs, including issues of student eligibility, course providers, funding, quality control, and accountability. Course Choice in Louisiana is appended.
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Educational Policy, Eligibility, Financial Support, Quality Control, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Access to Education, Parent School Relationship, Communication Strategies, Student Participation, Educational Finance, Age Differences, Student Characteristics, Public Schools, Private Schools, Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Nonprofit Organizations, School Districts, Resource Allocation, Models, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Performance, Accreditation (Institutions)
Thomas B. Fordham Institute. 1701 K Street NW Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: 202-223-5452; Fax: 202-223-9226; e-mail: backtalk@edexcellence.net; Web site: http://www.edexcellence.net
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
Sponsor: Walton Family Foundation
Authoring Institution: Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
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