One of the underlying premises of the charter school movement is that quality drives consumer choice. As educational consumers, parents are viewed as rational actors who, if given the choice, will select better performing school. In examining the choice processes of charter school parents, however, this study calls into question the extent to which some parents can make optimal choices. Interviews with parents enrolled in two different charter schools indicate that charter parents do not necessarily choose higher performing charter schools; nor do they necessarily leave low performing charter schools. The study also provides evidence that parent “choice sets” (Bell, 2009) vary depending on networks and social capital. Thus, choice alone doe...
Este artículo se centra en la relación entre las normas y prácticas de mercado y la construcción de ...
This project focuses on the competitive pressure, or the threat of competitive pressure, generated b...
Public schools in some areas of the U.S. are as segregated as they were prior to court-ordered busin...
The process of school choice depends on a wide range of circumstances including those related to the...
El artículo comenta algunos aspectos relacionados con la selección de centro educativo por parte de ...
This paper provides a descriptive account of the growing landscape of school choice in Canada throug...
Market models of education reform predict that the growth of charter schools will infuse competition...
Taking as an empirical basis some of the data from a questionnaire applied to a sample of approximat...
Using individual-level student data from Pennsylvania, this study explores the extent to which chart...
A lo largo de la década de 1980 muchos países europeos, entre ellos España, introdujeron políticas...
Partiendo de las aportaciones e investigadores sobre la libertad de elección, desde diferentes punto...
Charter school teachers nationwide expressed greater autonomy compared to traditional public school ...
A escolha da primeira instituição de Educação Infantil para os filhos é um momento importante, pois ...
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar los efectos que la inmigración tiene en los resultados ac...
Este artigo tem por objetivo investigar as razões de escolha por uma escola pública diferenciada par...
Este artículo se centra en la relación entre las normas y prácticas de mercado y la construcción de ...
This project focuses on the competitive pressure, or the threat of competitive pressure, generated b...
Public schools in some areas of the U.S. are as segregated as they were prior to court-ordered busin...
The process of school choice depends on a wide range of circumstances including those related to the...
El artículo comenta algunos aspectos relacionados con la selección de centro educativo por parte de ...
This paper provides a descriptive account of the growing landscape of school choice in Canada throug...
Market models of education reform predict that the growth of charter schools will infuse competition...
Taking as an empirical basis some of the data from a questionnaire applied to a sample of approximat...
Using individual-level student data from Pennsylvania, this study explores the extent to which chart...
A lo largo de la década de 1980 muchos países europeos, entre ellos España, introdujeron políticas...
Partiendo de las aportaciones e investigadores sobre la libertad de elección, desde diferentes punto...
Charter school teachers nationwide expressed greater autonomy compared to traditional public school ...
A escolha da primeira instituição de Educação Infantil para os filhos é um momento importante, pois ...
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar los efectos que la inmigración tiene en los resultados ac...
Este artigo tem por objetivo investigar as razões de escolha por uma escola pública diferenciada par...
Este artículo se centra en la relación entre las normas y prácticas de mercado y la construcción de ...
This project focuses on the competitive pressure, or the threat of competitive pressure, generated b...
Public schools in some areas of the U.S. are as segregated as they were prior to court-ordered busin...