Are Voucher Schools Putting the Squeeze on MPS? Research Brief. Volume 95, Number 1

Institution	Public Policy Forum
Titel	Are Voucher Schools Putting the Squeeze on MPS? Research Brief. Volume 95, Number 1
Quelle	(2007), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Educational Vouchers; Private Schools; Public Schools; Urban Schools; Supply and Demand; Competition; Eligibility; Parochial Schools; Dropout Rate; School Choice; Parent School Relationship; Feedback (Response); Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Private school; Privatschule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Bedarfsplanung; Wettkampf; Eignung; Konfessionsschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung
Abstract	For seventeen years an underlying rationale for Milwaukee's private school voucher program has been that competition from private schools is needed to bring about improvements in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). However, despite an increased availability of vouchers for more eligible children than ever before, demand during the past school year did not meet expectations. A battery of questions added to the 2005-2006 Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) school administrator survey asking about parent feedback mechanisms indicate that most new voucher users were already in private schools and most were already in religious schools. These findings indicate that the voucher program may no longer be exerting the type of competitive pressure on MPS as originally envisioned. (Contains 6 footnotes, 4 charts, and 6 tables.) [Research for this report was funded by the Fleck Foundation and the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10