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Showing 1 to 20 of 147 for “"School Choice"”.
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Planning for school choice
The image of the picturesque urban schoolhouse is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. City schools were viewed with fear or disdain. The urban school's image shifted to an unruly coop for 'dangerous' unteachable students. This stark juxtaposition reflects the gradual transition in the urban …
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School Choice and Teacher Efficacy
… scores of teachers who are employed in a school that is both failing with regards to state achievement tests as well as one that has been negatively impacted by school choice. The study uses the Ohio State Teacher Efficacy Scale to survey 196 teachers in a large rural school. Analytic …
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An overview of school choice
School choice is an intriguing issue, getting to the very heart, of the American ideals of freedom, self-direction, equity, and diversity. While school choice is touted by some as a solution to the problems of American education, it is questioned more critically or even cynically by others. What …
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Prediction and optimization in school choice
… data-driven optimization can be used to improve school choice. In a typical school choice system, each student receives a set of school options, called the student's menu. Based on his/her menu, each student submits a preference ranking of schools in the menu. Based on the submitted preferences, …
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School choice : a discrete optimization approach
… and flexible mechanism for assigning students to schools is a major concern for many school districts. The school a student attends dramatically impacts the quality of education, access to resources, family and neighborhood cohesion, and transportation costs. Facing this intricate optimization …
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School Choice: The Black Middle-class Dilemma
This case study assesses the elementary school choice decision-making process of black middle-class families living in the Algiers community of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. The concept of community has been central to the success of blacks in America since Reconstruction. However, as …
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Effects of School Choice on Math Performance
… freshmen geometry students who attended charter schools and those who attended noncharter schools during middle school. The study addresses the controversy over charter schools providing better educational outcomes. The literature reviewed focuses on achievement in charter schools, and also …
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Education Finance Reform, School Choice, and Residential Sorting
… to live and where to send their children to school, people can respond to any educational reforms affecting the property tax rates and quality of schools by moving to another school district or placing their children to private schools. In turn, this residential sorting can affect the …
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Satisficing: A Decision-Making Strategy For School Choice
… to investigate parent decision-making regarding school choice. Data were collected through a survey on how parents approached the decision making task of choosing a school for their child. Parents of kindergarten and first grade students in one public school district in Minnesota and five private …
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Essays on the Supply-Side of School Choice
… dissertation studies the supply of charter schools, school alternatives introduced to education markets to expand choice for students. Drawing upon unique data gathered from Florida, the chapters examine the characteristics and behavior of charter schools and their implications for …
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School Choice Overseas: Are Parents Citizens or Consumers?
… their children in primary and secondary schools in foreign countries even though Korean schools demonstrate high performance as confirmed by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Report. Using Hirschman's (1970) framework of "exit" and "voice," this study investigated …
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Spheres of Influence: Understanding International School Choice in Malaysia
… collection was conducted at one international school in Kuala Lumpur, and consisted of both a survey and interviews. The study focused on parents’ own educational background and experiences, their expectations and motivations for selecting an international school, factors affecting school …
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The experience of Latinas navigating school choice using GOCPS
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School choice, school quality, and human capital : three essays
… I develop and estimate a structural model of school choice that links students' decisions to apply to and attend charter schools in Boston, Massachusetts to their potential achievement test scores in charter schools and public schools. This chapter is motivated by a growing literature that …
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Private school choice and the returns to private schooling
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1993.
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The Societal Impacts of Private School Choice around the World
… Secretary of the United States, private school choice – in the form of vouchers, tuition tax-credits, and education savings accounts – has become increasingly policy relevant. While an introduction of competitive pressures into the schooling sector may improve educational quality levels, …
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Parental Multi-Meanings of School Choice: A Narrative, Phenomenological Case Study
… rich description of the deeper meanings of school choice for parents at a Midwestern, midsize suburban public middle school. Parental school choice was defined as the untold, multifaceted understanding of values, beliefs, and the underlying personal preference regarding schools to discover …
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