Beyond Choice to New Public Schools: Withdrawing the Exclusive Franchise in Public Education. Policy Report No. 8.

Autor/in	Kolderie, Ted
Institution	Progressive Policy Inst., Washington, DC.
Titel	Beyond Choice to New Public Schools: Withdrawing the Exclusive Franchise in Public Education. Policy Report No. 8.
Quelle	(1990), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Educational Innovation; Elementary Secondary Education; Governance; Nontraditional Education; Public Schools; School Choice; School District Autonomy; School Districts; School Restructuring + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Schulbezirk; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung
Abstract	A strategy for revitalizing public education by stimulating the creation of new public schools is proposed in this report. The proposed system goes beyond school choice and is based on the withdrawal of local districts' exclusive franchise to own and operate public schools. The proposal is based on the premise that the state must provide both "choice" and "choices"--granting choice of school as well as providing alternatives to public schools. The new system for chartering schools would allow enterprising people to open innovative schools under contract to a public agency. Also examined is the notion of "divestiture," or allowing districts to relinquish operation of public schools while retaining a broad policy-setting role. This proposal for fundamental educational reform is based on the following assumptions: (1) school restructuring has limited potential; (2) school districts' monopoly on public education is the heart of the problem; (3) the states are critical actors in revitalizing education; and (4) a competitive school system requires a variety of agencies that are free to charter new schools. The final section offers 11 guideposts for creating a competitive but publicly controlled and service-oriented public school system. (LMI)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01