Are Parents Informed Consumers: Evidence from the Florida McKay Scholarship Program

Autor/inn/en	Weidner, Virginia R.; Herrington, Carolyn D.
Titel	Are Parents Informed Consumers: Evidence from the Florida McKay Scholarship Program
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 81 (2006) 1, S.27-56 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1207/S15327930pje8101_3
Schlagwörter	Educational Vouchers; Parent Participation; Information Sources; Scholarships; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Parent Attitudes; School Choice; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Educational Quality; Special Education; Private Schools; Parochial Schools; Surveys; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Elternmitwirkung; Information source; Informationsquelle; Scholarship; Stipendium; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Elternverhalten; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Private school; Privatschule; Konfessionsschule; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	Information was gathered from parents participating in the Florida McKay voucher program for students with disabilities. Based on survey responses, parents collect information on class size, academic quality, quality of teachers, special education, and curriculum. Education and income of parents was related to participation with parents at higher levels of both participating at higher rates. Racial and ethnic status did not appear to be a factor in information gathering, but it is a factor in selection of schools, as evidenced by more than 60% of African American and Hispanic respondents using the McKay scholarship to attend private religious schools. The data also indicate that parents of students using the McKay voucher are more satisfied with the school their child attends and with the information and information sources they used than are public school parents. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10