In order to isolate the true effect of
participating in a school choice program, it's necessary to hold constant every other potential difference between students.
The most comprehensive survey of the school choice research literature ever undertaken, which was recently released, shows that
students in school choice programs perform better academically than students not in a....
The budget outline would fulfill the president's campaign promise to make an unprecedented federal
investment in school choice, including the expansion of charter schools and publicly funded private school options.
Transportation is rarely mentioned
in school choice debates, but it's essential and can be a deal breaker even for parents who get their young children into top schools.
Do you have a group of parents or a private school in your community who would like to learn more about getting
engaged in the school choice movement?
Watch this webinar recording and get a closer look at tools which can improve the family school choice experience and increase
participation in school choice programs.
Our goal was to determine how private schools perceive their role
in school choice environments, what elements of choice programs they are enthusiastic about, and which aspects cause them concern.
Yet this evidence suggests that parents of these children are least likely to take advantage of any
increase in their school choice as they are more concerned with location.
It isn't surprising that research finds that
parents in school choice programs and private schools are much more satisfied with their schools.
Urban school districts are increasingly considering this model as a way to reform their school systems, believing that it can ensure
equity in school choice and better hold schools accountable for performance.
As I see it,
in the school choice arena equity is about eliminating disparities in the access that parents have to educational options.
A simple roll - back of state tax breaks, and / or direct investment
in school choice end up as the most straightforward ways to achieve these goals.
This reveals a need to find innovative ways to tap into social networks through trusted community members that could be potentially leveraged into improvements in information usage among parents
in school choice decisions.
Let's ensure careful oversight before our country
invests in school choice, particularly vouchers, on an unprecedented scale.
The school's model, which takes children out of classrooms and puts them in front of their home computers, has found
supporters in the school choice and home - schooling community.
Being placed on a state watch list for struggling or failing schools can seem like a death sentence for schools,
especially in a school choice environment.
The current local controversy over whether the school board should approve two more charter schools is not about
believing in school choice, it's about survival.
With the 2014 elections over — well, almost over — those
interested in school choice may be wondering what the results mean for that education reform policy.
In turn, this directly influences how an individual
engages in school choice, but also which school they want for their child.
Dr. Patrick J. Wolf is Professor and 21st Century Chair
in School Choice in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions.
-- Patrick J. Wolf is professor of education reform and 21st Century Endowed
Chair in School Choice at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Patrick Wolf, holder of the Twenty - First Century Chair
in School Choice at the U of A, co-authored a summary of the latest reports on the publicly funded private school choice program in Louisiana with Jonathan Mills, a senior research associate in the Department of Education Reform at the U of A. Wolf directs the School Choice Demonstration Project.
Daniela played a key role in organizing parents with the California Charter Schools Association and is a firm believer
in school choice for all families.
Many strong
believers in school choice, myself included, were convinced that the competitive pressure exerted by charters would lead to a renaissance in the traditional system.