Policy Implications for School Districts Affording Public School Options: A Case Study of Results of School Choice in One Community.

Autor/in	Uchitelle, Susan
Titel	Policy Implications for School Districts Affording Public School Options: A Case Study of Results of School Choice in One Community.
Quelle	(1978), (38 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Case Studies; Decision Making Skills; Elementary Secondary Education; Free Choice Transfer Programs; Parent Attitudes; Parent School Relationship; Public Schools; Questionnaires; Tables (Data) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Elternverhalten; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Fragebogen; Tabelle
Abstract	This paper examines the policy implications of school choice opportunites in the public sector, based on a study of the school choice behavior of a group of public school parents residing in areas where they were permitted to choose which of two dissimilar schools their child would attend. Data were gathered through interviews with 48 mothers who were either new to the community or whose eldest child had just entered school. Parents' involvement in the choice of their child's school and the criteria they used were examined, and the results of these choice opportunities were analyzed. Findings of the study indicated that for school choice opportunity to work equitably and effectively, parents must be fully informed of their options, and the schools must be willing to develop solutions to the problems resulting from school choice without subverting the right of parental choice and the sovereignty of parental decision-making. (Author/JG)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01