Families' Schooling Experiences in North Carolina: Findings from a Survey of K-12 Parents in the Old North State

Autor/inn/en	Catt, Andrew D.; Shaw, Michael
Institution	EdChoice
Titel	Families' Schooling Experiences in North Carolina: Findings from a Survey of K-12 Parents in the Old North State
Quelle	(2020), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; School Choice; Parent Attitudes; Elementary Secondary Education; Money Management; Investment; Scholarships; COVID-19; Pandemics; Educational Vouchers; Satisfaction; Educational Environment; Parent Participation; Private Schools; Charter Schools; Public Schools; Home Schooling; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Elternverhalten; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Scholarship; Stipendium; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Zufriedenheit; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Elternmitwirkung; Private school; Privatschule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule
Abstract	North Carolina is home to a growing and evolving K-12 education landscape. The state experienced a 21 percent increase in its public elementary and secondary school enrollment since 2000, with that figure projected to grow by another 4 percent by 2028. The state has garnered attention for its emphasis on individualized education and implementation of federal funding plans. The state is also home to other growing K-12 education sectors. More than 100,000 students in North Carolina attend charter schools. North Carolina's 184 charter schools are found in all corners of the state, with more than 20 additional charter schools expected to come on board in the near future. An even greater number of private schools (28) started in North Carolina during the 2019-20 school year. And even before the COVID-19 pandemic, which nudged a flurry of parents to apply for homeschooling status with the state in preparation for the Fall 2020 semester, roughly 150,000 students in North Carolina were homeschooled. North Carolina currently offers several school choice programs that help families access private schooling and other education options. The state's Opportunity Scholarship Program, launched in 2014, provides low-income students with vouchers worth up to $4,200 per year to attend private schools. North Carolina also offers an additional avenue of financial assistance to students with special needs in the form of its Personal Education Savings Account Program, which is a recently launched K-12 Education Savings Account (ESA) providing up to $9,000 per year to qualifying students to be used for a variety of educational and therapeutic uses both in and outside of the classroom. This brief studies North Carolina's school choice programs by surveying K-12 parents in the state. It focuses on the ESA and Opportunity Scholarship programs, as well as how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed parents' educational experiences in the state. In analyzing responses to the survey, it identifies families using these programs to understand who uses them, why parents decide to use these programs, and how parents feel about them. It also provides responses from parents of students enrolled in private school but not participating in an ESA or voucher programs (non-choice private), traditional public schools, charter schools, and homeschool. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01