The School Choice Roadmap

Author : Andrew Campanella
Publisher : Beaufort Books
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780825308154

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The School Choice Roadmap by Andrew Campanella Pdf

WINNER OF THE 2020 FOREWORD INDIES GOLD AWARD IN EDUCATION WINNER OF THE SILVER IPPY AWARD FOR BEST EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES You want your children to benefit from a great education. But every student is unique. One type of school might be a great fit for your neighbor's child, but it might not work for your son or daughter. Across the country, many parents today have more choices for their children's education than ever before. If you are starting the process of finding your child's first school—or if you want to choose a new learning environment—The School Choice Roadmap is for you. This first-of-its-kind book offers a practical, jargon-free overview of school choice policies, from public school open enrollment to private school scholarships and more. It breaks down the similarities and differences between traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, online public schools, private schools, and homeschooling. Most importantly, The School Choice Roadmap offers a seven-step process that will help you harness the power of your own intuition—and your own expertise about your child's uniqueness—to help you find a school that reflects your family's goals, values, and priorities. Filled with sage advice from dozens of other parents who have pursued the school search process, and interviews with school leaders and teachers, The School Choice Roadmap is an optimistic, empowering book that cuts through the confusion in K-12 education—so that you can give your children every opportunity to succeed in school and in life.

Author : Kevin G. Welner,Patricia H. Hinchey,William J. Mathis,Gary Miron
Publisher : IAP
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781623960452

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Exploring the School Choice Universe by Kevin G. Welner,Patricia H. Hinchey,William J. Mathis,Gary Miron Pdf

Exploring the School Choice Universe: Evidence and Recommendations gives readers a comprehensive, complete picture of choice policies and issues. In doing so, it offers cross-cutting insights that are obscured when one looks only at single issue or a single approach to choice. The book examines choice in its various forms: charter schools, home schooling, online schooling, voucher plans that allow students to use taxpayer funds to attend private schools, tuition tax credit plans that provide a public subsidy for private school tuition, and magnet schools and other forms of public school intra- and interdistrict choice. It brings together some of the top researchers in the field, presenting a comprehensive overview of the best current knowledge of these important policies. The questions addressed in Exploring the School Choice Universe are of most importance to researchers and policy makers. What do choice programs actually do? What forms do they take? Who participates, and why? What are the funding implications? What are the results of different forms of school choice on outcomes that matter, like student performance, segregation, and competition effects? Do they affect teachers’ working conditions? Do they drive innovation? The contents of this book offer reason to believe that choice policies can further some educational goals. But they also suggest many reasons for caution. If choice policies are to be evidence-based, a re-examination is in order. The information, insights and recommendations facilitate a more nuanced understanding of school choice and provide the basis for designing sensible school choice reforms that can pursue a range of desirable outcomes.

Author : Daniel J. Brown
Publisher : SAEE
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Public schools
ISBN : 9780973404678

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School Choice Under Open Enrollment by Daniel J. Brown Pdf

Author : Mark Berends,Ann Primus,Matthew G. Springer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351210430

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Handbook of Research on School Choice by Mark Berends,Ann Primus,Matthew G. Springer Pdf

Updated to reflect the latest developments and increasing scope of school-based options, the second edition of the Handbook of Research on School Choice makes readily available the most rigorous and policy-relevant research on K–12 school choice. This comprehensive research handbook begins with scholarly overviews that explore historical, political, economic, legal, methodological, and international perspectives on school choice. In the following sections, experts examine the research and current state of common forms of school choice: charter schools, school vouchers, and magnet schools. The concluding section brings together perspectives on other key topics such as accountability, tax credit scholarships, parent decision-making, and marginalized students. With empirical perspectives on all aspects of this evolving sphere of education, this is a critical resource for researchers, faculty, and students interested in education policy, the politics of education, and educational leadership.

Author : Jaimi M Erickson
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9798871552421

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A Parent's Guide to School Choice by Jaimi M Erickson Pdf

As a former teacher who has seen the public education system from the perspective of a student, a college student, a teacher and a parent, A Parent's Guide to School Choice shares everything the author has learned throughout her experiences in and out of the education system. This is meant to be a school choice guide for parents to gain clarity. It will equip you and encourage you. Ultimately, it will show you that there is a school option to help your child learn, grow, thrive and succeed. This book and collection of resources provide some lines on the highway for you to steer through and really consider what school options will be best for your child. When you find the school choice option that will be best for your child, it will help them thrive. There may be an adjustment period, but when you see your child learning the way that is best for them, there is no better confidence-builder as a parent. Included in A Parent's Guide to School Choice, are resources in the appendix to provide clear comparison between the school choice options presented in the guide. In addition, assessment forms are included so you can be proactive as a parent prior to making any school choice for your child by evaluating their level of understanding before entering a school environment at home or traditional school. This is not a political discussion of school choice. It is a guide, or roadmap, to clarify all of the major school choice options and the pros and cons associated with each.

Author : Robert A. Fox,Nina K. Buchanan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781119082354

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The Wiley Handbook of School Choice by Robert A. Fox,Nina K. Buchanan Pdf

The Wiley Handbook of School Choice presents a comprehensive collection of original essays addressing the wide range of alternatives to traditional public schools available in contemporary US society. A comprehensive collection of the latest research findings on school choices in the US, including charter schools, magnet schools, school vouchers, home schooling, private schools, and virtual schools Viewpoints of both advocates and opponents of each school choice provide balanced examinations and opinions Perspectives drawn from both established researchers and practicing professionals in the U.S. and abroad and from across the educational spectrum gives a holistic outlook Includes thorough coverage of the history of traditional education in the US, its current state, and predictions for the future of each alternative school choice

Author : Jack Klenk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:31951D02402858A

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Choosing a School for Your Child by Jack Klenk Pdf

Author : Michael Q. McShane
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475857986

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Hybrid Homeschooling by Michael Q. McShane Pdf

All across the country, in traditional public, public charter, and private schools, entrepreneurial educators are experimenting with the school day and school week. Hybrid Homeschools have students attend traditional classes in a brick-and-mortar school for some part of the week and homeschool for the rest of the week. Some do two days at home and three days at school, others the inverse, and still others split between four days at home or school and one day at the other. This book dives deep into hybrid homeschooling. It describes the history of hybrid homeschooling, the different types of hybrid homeschools operating around the country, and the policies that can both promote and thwart it. At the heart of the book are the stories of hybrid homeschoolers themselves. Based on numerous in-depth interviews, the book tells the story of hybrid homeschooling from both the family and educator perspective.

Author : Elliot Regenstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475865905

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Education Restated by Elliot Regenstein Pdf

Education Restated: Getting Policy Right on Accountability, Teacher Pay, and School Choice offers the education policy community a roadmap for change in three hot-button policy areas. In each of these areas policy has been anchored around the wrong core values. By putting the right core values at the heart of policy, state governments can create more favorable conditions for education improvement at the local level. Education Restated takes a pragmatic approach to policy change, recognizing that the forces that created today’s policies have not gone away—and that on complex issues there are legitimate competing interests. This book harmonizes the best ideas of opposing policy camps and identifies opportunities to strengthen connections between K-12 and early childhood. For advocates seeking common ground with historical adversaries, Education Restated provides some ideas on where they might find it.

Author : Paul E. Peterson,Bryan C. Hassel
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780815791638

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Learning from School Choice by Paul E. Peterson,Bryan C. Hassel Pdf

While educators, parents and policymakers are still debating the pros and cons of school choice, it is now possible to learn from choice experiments in public, private, and charter schools across the country. This book examines the evidence from these early school choice programs and looks at the larger implications of choice and competition in education. Paul Peterson makes a strong case for school choice in central cities, and coeditor Bryan Hassel offers the case for charter schools. John E. Brandl offers his vision of school governance in the next century. The book's other contributors--economists, political scientists, and education specialists--provide case studies of the experience with voucher programs in Indianapolis, San Antonio, Cleveland, and Milwaukee; survey charter schools; analyze public school choice; discuss constitutional issues; and study the effects of private education on democratic values. Contributors include David J. Armor, George Mason University; Chester E. Finn Jr. and Bruno V. Manno, Hudson Institute; Caroline M. Hoxby, Harvard University; Brett M. Peiser, Partnerships in Learning; and Joseph P. Viteritti, New York University.

Author : Mark Schneider,Paul Teske,Melissa Marschall
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780691092836

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Choosing Schools by Mark Schneider,Paul Teske,Melissa Marschall Pdf

School choice seeks to create a competitive arena in which public schools will attain academic excellence, encourage individual student performance, and achieve social balance. In debating the feasibility of this market approach to improving school systems, analysts have focused primarily on schools as suppliers of education, but an important question remains: Will parents be able to function as "smart consumers" on behalf of their children? Here a highly respected team of social scientists provides extensive empirical evidence on how parents currently do make these choices. Drawn from four different types of school districts in New York City and suburban New Jersey, their findings not only stress the importance of parental decision-making and involvement to school performance but also clarify the issues of school choice in ways that bring much-needed balance to the ongoing debate. The authors analyze what parents value in education, how much they know about schools, how well they can match what they say they want in schools with what their children get, how satisfied they are with their children's schools, and how their involvement in the schools is affected by the opportunity to choose. They discover, most notably, that low-income parents value education as much as, if not more than, high-income parents, but do not have access to the same quality of school information. This problem comes under sensitive, thorough scrutiny as do a host of other important topics, from school performance to segregation to children at risk of being left behind.

Author : Mark Berends,R. Joseph Waddington,John Schoenig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351213295

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School Choice at the Crossroads by Mark Berends,R. Joseph Waddington,John Schoenig Pdf

School Choice at the Crossroads compiles exemplary, policy-relevant research on school choice options—voucher, private, charter, and traditional public schools—as they have been implemented across the nation. Renowned contributors highlight the latest rigorous research findings and implications on school vouchers, tuition tax credits, and charter schools in states and local areas at the forefront of school choice policy. Examining national and state-level perspectives, each chapter discusses the effects of choice and vouchers on student outcomes, the processes of choice, supportive conditions of school choice programs, comparative features of school choice, and future research. This timely volume addresses whether school choice works, under what conditions, and for whom—further informing educational research, policy, and practice.

Author : Paul Thomas Hill
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press Publi
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000067825219

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Learning as We Go by Paul Thomas Hill Pdf

Discusses the parents' rights to choose their children's school.

Author : Susan Phillips
Publisher : SAEE
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : School choice
ISBN : 9780973404647

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School Choice by Susan Phillips Pdf

Author : Wu Xiaoxin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134675944

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School Choice in China by Wu Xiaoxin Pdf

School Choice in China explores the major characteristics of schooling options in China, highlighting how largely middle-class parents exploit their cultural, economic and social capital for their children's admission into choice schools. It highlights how payments such as choice fees, donations, prize-winning certificates and awards, as well as the use of guanxi, result in Chinese school choice as a parent-driven, bottom-up movement. The author also explores how schools and local governments cash in on the school choice fever in order to obtain significant economic returns, leading to policies that accommodate the needs of mostly middle-class families. He argues that although this system seems to create winners among the parties involved, it exacerbates the educational inequality that already exists in Chinese society. Chapters include: Positional competition for cultural capital Exploitation of social capital Economics of school choice Class reproduction through parental choice This book is not simply a detailed analysis of Chinese school choice practices, but also a study of the competitive middle class search for advantage for their children. As such it will be beneficial to undergraduates, postgraduates, education professionals, policy makers, and anyone with an interest in education, sociology, social policy, and the rise and future of China.