ERIC Number: EJ1042188
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Sep
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Panel Discussion: The State of Play for Parental Choice
Schoenig, John; Staud, John
Journal of Catholic Education, v18 n1 Article 10 Sep 2014
This article contains transcripts of a panel presentation from the 2013 Catholic Higher Education Collaborative conference, held on September 22, 23, and 24 at the University of Notre Dame. The panelists (Scott Jensen, Doug Tuthill, and Patrick Wolf) discussed current progress around the country in publicly-created, private school choice options for children in K-12 schools. In states that offer these options, parents have available either voucher programs or scholarship tax credit programs. How individual states were handling these options were discussed, with a major focus on what Florida was doing. Also highlighted was educational attainment. Research shows that the longer you stay in school, the extent to which you hit key benchmarks, such as high school graduation, college enrollment, college graduation, a whole slew of quality of life indicators improve for you--longevity, health, likelihood of intact marriage, likelihood of avoiding incarceration, lifetime earnings--all of these things are higher for people who have higher levels of educational attainment. Private school choice delivers a variety of educational benefits to students under many circumstances. It tends to spur effective public schools to improving slightly, parents love them, and they tend to enhance and not undermine the public purposes of education.
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, School Choice, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Finance, Public Support, Financial Support, Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Loyola Marymount University. School of Education 1 LMU Drive, University Hall Suite 1760, Los Angles, CA 90045. e-mail: catholicedjournal@lmu.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ce
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arizona; Florida
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