School Choice: The Findings

Autor/in	Walberg, Herbert J.
Institution	Cato Institute
Titel	School Choice: The Findings
Quelle	(2006) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Charter Schools; Educational Vouchers; Public Schools; Private Schools; School Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Academic Achievement; Citizen Participation; Costs; Public Opinion; Parent Attitudes; Educational Quality; Chile; Netherlands; Sweden; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Schuleffizienz; Ausland; Schulleistung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Cost; Kosten; Öffentliche Meinung; Elternverhalten; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Niederlande; Schweden; USA
Abstract	"School Choice: The Findings" is the most comprehensive and up-?to-?date survey available, summarizing the research on charter schools, vouchers, and public versus private school effectiveness, from one of the country's most distinguished education scholars. The focus is on rigorous studies--those using randomized control groups (as in medical research), those that monitor achievement changes over time, and those based on large numbers of students. Whereas the U.S. school choice debate is often confined to the small-?scale voucher programs in Milwaukee and Cleveland, Dr. Walberg examines evidence from around the world. "School Choice: The Findings" touches on Chile's 25-?year-?old nationwide voucher program, the Dutch universal voucher program dating back to 1917, and the more recent program in Sweden. The findings presented here also go beyond academic achievement, covering students' civic engagement, cost comparisons across school types, and public and parental opinion about schools and school choice. Dr. Walberg reveals how much Americans know about school choice. Do they support it? What about families whose children are enrolled in charter schools or in private schools thanks to a voucher program? Are they happier with the quality of their children's education than those whose children attend an assigned public school? While acknowledging and discussing some notable exceptions, Dr. Walberg concludes that the consensus of the high-?quality international research overwhelmingly favors competition and parental choice in education over the monopoly systems that dominate the United States and many other industrialized countries. (As Provided).
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