Private Vouchers

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School Vouchers

School Vouchers written by Martin Carnoy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Education categories.

This study reviews recent empirical research on the effect of school vouchers on student achievement (particularly for low-income minorities attending private schools) and the effect of the threat of vouchers on low-performing public schools. The study examines the Milwaukee voucher experiment, the Cleveland voucher program, and new voucher research. Research on the voucher programs in Cleveland and Milwaukee indicate that for African American students these programs have little or no positive effect on their academic achievement. Research from Dayton, Ohio, New York, New York, and Washington, D.C. shows no significant test score gains for Hispanic and White voucher students but statistically significant gains for African American students. However, several methodological issues make these comparisons of achievement problematic. Findings that the threat of vouchers for students in failing public school caused math and writing gains among Florida's lowest-performing schools to increase significantly more than gains of higher-performing schools are plagued by methodological problems. Three papers are appended: "What Caused the Effects of the Florida A+ Program: Ratings or Vouchers?" (Doug Harris); "Replication of Jay Greene's Voucher Effect Study Using Texas Performance Data" (Amanda Brownson); and "Replication of Jay Greene's Voucher Effect Study Using North Carolina Data" (Helen F. Ladd and Elizabeth J. Glennie). (Contains 33 endnotes and 29 references.) (SM)

School Vouchers And Privatization

School Vouchers And Privatization written by Danny Weil and has been published by ABC-CLIO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Education categories.

Contains information about practical applications as well as case studies showing success and failures in school reform.

Education Vouchers In Kent

Education Vouchers In Kent written by Peter J. Upton and has been published by Kent County this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Education categories.

Vouchers And Public School Performance

Vouchers And Public School Performance written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Academic achievement categories.

This case study uses data from a school district with a voucher plan that has been in place since 1990 to determine if increased competition resulted in improved student performance.

Controlling Public Education

Controlling Public Education written by Kathryn A. McDermott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Education categories.

Most Americans believe that local school districts are the only means by which citizens may exercise control over public education. Kathryn McDermott argues to the contrary that existing local institutions are no longer sufficient for achieving either equity or democratic governance. Not only is local control inequitable, it also fails to live up to its reputation for guaranteeing public participation and citizen influence. Drawing upon democratic theory and the results of field research in New Haven, Connecticut, and three suburbs, McDermott contends that our educational system can be made more democratic by centralizing control over funding while decentralizing most authority over schools to the level of schools themselves while enacting public school choice controlled for racial balance. To many people in Connecticut and elsewhere, the tension between equal opportunity for all students and local control of public education seems impossible to resolve. In 1996, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in Sheff v. O'Neill that local control produces unconstitutional segregation of public schools. Nearly all of the state's 169 towns operate their own public schools, and, like the towns they serve, the schools are generally homogeneous with respect to race and socioeconomic class. In the Sheff ruling, the court declared that making school districts coterminous with town lines "is the single most important factor contributing to the present concentration of racial and ethnic minorities in the Hartford public school system." At the same time, the court also acknowledged that the town-based school system "presently furthers the legitimate nonracial interests of permitting considerable local control and accountability in educational matters." In Connecticut and elsewhere, it has often seemed necessary to choose between local control and equity in public education, and local control has almost always won. McDermott argues that rather than seeing local control and equity as conflicting goals, policymakers should regard them as equally important components of democracy in public education. In her view, a truly democratic system of education should both encourage citizen participation in school governance and contribute to the formation and maintenance of a social order in which equality of opportunity prevails over hierarchies of privilege. Centralizing distribution of resources and using controlled choice to end racial isolation would provide greater equality of opportunity, while decentralizing management of schools would expand citizen participation. McDermott's conclusions break new ground in our understanding of local school governance itself and call into question the conventional wisdom about local participation. These findings should interest those who study school governance and reform—especially in an urban setting—as well as policy makers, administrators, teachers, students, and citizens eager to improve their schools.

Public Documents

Public Documents written by West Virginia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1902 with categories.

Education Vouchers From Theory To Alum Rock

Education Vouchers From Theory To Alum Rock written by James Mecklenburger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Education categories.

Senate Documents

Senate Documents written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1877 with categories.

Legislative Documents Comprising The Department And Other Reports Made To The Senate And House Of Representatives Of Pennsylvania During The Session Of

Legislative Documents Comprising The Department And Other Reports Made To The Senate And House Of Representatives Of Pennsylvania During The Session Of written by Pennsylvania and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Legislative journals categories.

Senate Journal

Senate Journal written by Kansas. Legislature. Senate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Kansas categories.