Expanding High-Quality Educational Options for All Students: How States Can Create a System of Schools Worth Choosing

Autor/inn/en	Darling-Hammond, Linda; Rothman, Robert; Cookson, Peter W., Jr.
Institution	Learning Policy Institute
Titel	Expanding High-Quality Educational Options for All Students: How States Can Create a System of Schools Worth Choosing
Quelle	(2017), (42 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Educational Opportunities; Educational Quality; State Policy; Educational Policy; Access to Education; Outcomes of Education; Open Enrollment; Magnet Schools; Dual Enrollment; Charter Schools; Educational Vouchers; Tax Credits; Money Management; Home Schooling; Neighborhood Schools; Virtual Classrooms; Private Schools; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Open entry; Offenes Bildungssystem; Doppelstudium; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Steuerermäßigung; Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule; Private school; Privatschule
Abstract	This report examines current educational options for U.S. students and the challenges of ensuring that choices are equally available and offer high-quality education. The report suggests what state policymakers can do to create high-quality opportunities that offer each family a system of schools worth choosing. The analysis starts from the assumption that school choice policy is a means to an end and not an end itself. The goals of the education system include improving student learning opportunities, strengthening educational attainment, providing alternatives that fit student needs, and integrating a diverse citizenry, while preparing young people for their civic roles in a democracy. As the authors present information about the range of choices available to families within the public and private sectors, they also indicate where research has found that various approaches influence these desired outcomes of education in a democratic society. Sorting out how to provide students with excellent and equitable educational opportunities--and to ensure that the state has an educated citizenry on which to build an inclusive society and a productive economy--is no small feat in the complex world of education. Ultimately, the challenge is to create a system filled with schools worth choosing in which all students have a genuine right to choose and have access to schools that serve them well. The common welfare is best served when investments in schools enable all young people to become productive, responsible citizens prepared to participate effectively in the political, social, and economic life of their democracy. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01