Educational Choice: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Mediocrity in American Education and What Can Be Done about It. Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, Volume 2, No. 3.

Autor/inn/en	Chubb, John E.; Moe, Terry M.
Institution	Wisconsin Policy Research Inst., Milwaukee.
Titel	Educational Choice: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Mediocrity in American Education and What Can Be Done about It. Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, Volume 2, No. 3.
Quelle	(1989), (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Competition; Decision Making; Educational Change; Elementary Secondary Education; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Private Schools; School Administration; School Choice; School District Autonomy; School Effectiveness; School Organization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wettkampf; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bildungsreform; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Schuleffizienz; School organisation; Schulorganisation
Abstract	Parental choice represents a promising approach to school improvement; it eliminates the excessive regulation, inefficient operation, and ineffective service that characterize the public monopolies that American schools and school systems have become. However, school reformers should bear in mind the following key points: (1) school performance can be easily undermined by well-intentioned reform unless schools are given the autonomy to develop their organization themselves; (2) discretion and authority for decision-making should be given to the schools; (3) school competition and parental choice, not administrative accountability, are likely to encourage the development of autonomous schools that perform effectively; and (4) schools must be freed from the control of central education authorities. The following issues of interest to politicians, journalists, administrators, and educators are discussed: (1) recent trends in learning, student achievement, and school performance; (2) the relationship between school organization and school performance; (3) the organizational characteristics of effective schools; (4) the importance of autonomy from outside authority; (5) the consequences of the many school reforms and improvements of the 1980s; (6) promising approaches to school improvement; (7) the operation, effectiveness, and outcomes of a system of competition and choice; (8) the problems of a system based on the demands of parents and students who do not really know what is best for them; (9) the cost of transporting students; and (10) participation of private schools. A list of 41 references is included. (FMW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01