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School Choice: A Balanced Approach is the most comprehensive examination of traditional public schools, public charter schools, and faith-based schools that has ever been undertaken. By considering and comparing the overall data on these three types of educational systems, it provides insight on likely outcomes of school choice programs. The author's objective is not to advance any particular agenda, but rather to provide readers with an unbiased analysis of research that has been embraced by both the G.W. Bush and Obama administrations that will allow for fresh thinking and the better

What does the term 'school choice' mean to you? Opponents of parental choice have muddied its definition, misleading parents and educators and drawing public debate away from the core issues. In a book geared for anyone who wants to better understand this hotly contested topic, Merrifield clarifies the proposals in existence today, defining the key concepts related to choice. Arguing for a competitive education industry, he discusses policy and political strategy mistakes while suggesting corrections. This informative book covers government regulation issues, typical fallacies, diversity issues, private voucher initiatives, and experiments and empirical evidence about competition.

For many years, legislators, educators, and public-minded citizens have debated ways of governing their country's public schools. This book reviews these debates and discusses school choice related issues, such as racial integration, ethnicity, social class, vouchers, charter, magnet and private schools in the United States, and more

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Section I Perspectives on School Choice -- 1 Economic Perspectives on School Choice -- 2 The Political Perspective on School Choice -- 3 Social Perspectives on School Choice -- 4 The Law of Parental Choice -- 5 School Choice in American History -- 6 Critical Perspectives on School Choice: An Examination of Race, Class, and Gender in School Choice Policies -- 7 International Perspectives on School Choice -- Section II Charter Schools -- 8 Hopes, Fears, and New Solutions: Charter Schools in 2018 -- 9 Charter School Governance and Politics -- 10 The Social Context of Charter Schools -- 11 Charter School Competition -- 12 Charter School Outcomes -- Section III School Vouchers -- 13 Perspectives on School Vouchers -- 14 The New Politics and Governance of School Vouchers: Outcomes and Oversight in an Era of At-­Scale Choice -- 15 The Social Context of Vouchers -- 16 Market Competition and School Vouchers -- 17 Voucher Outcomes -- Section IV Magnet Schools -- 18 Perspectives on Magnet Schools -- 19 The Social Context of Magnet School Programs: How Choosing Schools Intersects with District Policies to Influence Racial Integration -- 20 Magnet School Outcomes -- Section V Other Aspects of School Choice -- 21 Accountability and School Choice -- 22 Portfolio Management Models -- 23 Schools of Choice and Marginalized Students: Students with Disabilities and English Learners -- 24 The Comingling of Neoliberal Ideology, Methods, and Funding in School Choice Politics and Research -- 25 Parent Decision­Making and School Choice -- 26 Information and School Choice -- 27 Tax Credit Scholarships in an Evolving School Choice Arena: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice -- List of Contributors -- Index.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: An Overview of School Choice and the Types of Schools Available -- Chapter 1: Choice is Powerful, and You Are the Expert -- Chapter 2: School Choice 101: Things to Know Before You Search -- Chapter 3: Traditional Public Schools -- Chapter 4: Public Charter Schools -- Chapter 5: Public Magnet Schools -- Chapter 6: Online Public Schools -- Chapter 7: Private Schools -- Chapter 8: Homeschooling -- Chapter 9: Unique Approaches to Education -- Part Two: Seven Steps to Choosing a School for Your Child -- Overview -- STEP 1: Think Back to Your Own Time in School -- STEP 2: Identify Your Goals for Your Child -- STEP 3: Decide What You Want in a School or Learning Environment -- STEP 4: Make a List and Research Schools -- STEP 5: Visit Schools -- STEP 6: Evaluate Schools and Learning Environments -- STEP 7: Choose the School or Learning Environment That Meets Your Child's Needs -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Paying It Forward -- Appendix: National organizations and websites -- Bibliography -- A note about sources -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Endnotes.

Front Cover -- Parental Choice? -- A Critical Reconsideration of Choice and the Debate About Choice -- A volume in -- Critical Constructions: Studies on Education and Society -- Series Editor: Curry Stephenson Malott -- CONTENTS -- 1. "Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain": A Critical Guide to Education, Research, and the Politics of It All 1 -- 2. Education as Political Football: What We Know (and Don't Know) About School Choice and Accountability 33 -- 3. Seeing Education Again for the First Time, Or School Isn't What It Used to Be … Or Is It? 57 -- 4. The Child in Society, the Child at Home, the Child at School 87 -- 5. Caught Between our Children and Testing, Testing, Testing … 109 -- 6. Parental Choice?-A Postformal Response 133 -- Critical Constructions: Studies on Education and Society -- Curry Stephenson Malott, Series Editor -- Parental Choice? -- A Critical Reconsideration of Choice and the Debate About Choice -- P. L. Thomas Furman University -- Information Age Publishing, Inc. -- Charlotte, North Carolina www.infoagepub.com -- Preface -- Table 1. -- iNTRODUCTION -- A CHOICE DEBATE IN MILWAUKEE-A TYPICAL SNAPSHOT -- CHOICE: UNPACKING THE TERM AND THE IDEAL -- 1. What choices do parents and all stakeholders have concerning the education of children in a free society? -- 2. What forces restrict choices by those stakeholders related to education? How does a society seek a level playing field not distorted by affluence, race, gender, or any status beyond the control of any person? -- 3. What does the current evidence reveal about school choice- vouchers, charter schools, tuition tax credits, and a variety of educational structures (including private schools) as they are impacted by public support and market forces? -- CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AND POSTFORMALISM -- THE STAKEHOLDERS IN UNIVERSAL PUBLIC EDUCATION -- PARENTAL CHOICE?.

The presidency of George W. Bush has polarized the church-state debate as never before. The Far Right has been emboldened to use religion to govern, while the Far Left has redoubled its efforts to evict religion from public life entirely. Fewer people on the Right seem to respect the church-state separation, and fewer people on the Left seem to respect religion itself--still less its free exercise in any situation that is not absolutely private. In The Last Freedom, Joseph Viteritti argues that there is a basic tension between religion and democracy because religion often rejects com

School choice : a report card / Paul E. Peterson -- The case for charter schools / Bryan C. Hassel -- Governance and educational quality / John E. Brandl -- Civic values in public and private schools / Jay P. Greene -- Policy churn and the plight of urban school reform / Frederick M. Hess -- Analyzing school choice reforms that use America's traditional forms of parental choice / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Interdistrict choice in Massachusetts / David L. Armour and Brett M. Peiser -- Charter schools as seen by students, teachers, and parents / Gregg Vanourek ... [et al.] -- The performance of privately managed schools : an early look at the Edison Project / John E. Chubb -- Charter schools : politics and practice in four states / Bryan C. Hassel -- Comparing public choice and private voucher programs in San Antonio / R. Kenneth Godwin, Frank R. Kemerer, and Valerie J. Martinez -- Evidence from the Indianapolis voucher program / David J. Weinschrott and Sally B. Kilgore -- School choice in Milwaukee : a randomized experiment / Jay P. Greene, Paul E. Peterson, and Jiangtao Du -- Lessons from the Cleveland scholarship program / Jay P. Greene, William Howell, and Paul E. Peterson -- Why parents should choose / Stephen G. Gilles -- School choice and state constitutional law / Joseph P. Viteritti

School choice has lately risen to the top of the list of potential solutions to America's educational problems, particularly for the poor and the most disadvantaged members of society. Indeed, in the last few years several states have held referendums on the use of vouchers in private and parochial schools, and more recently, the Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of a scholarship program that uses vouchers issued to parents. While there has been much debate over the empirical and methodological aspects of school choice policies, discussions related to the effects such policies may