School Vouchers and Student Neighborhoods: Evidence from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program

Autor/inn/en	Carlson, Deven E.; Cowen, Joshua M.
Titel	School Vouchers and Student Neighborhoods: Evidence from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 23 (2015) 60, (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068 2341
Schlagwörter	Educational Vouchers; Neighborhoods; Geographic Location; Neighborhood Schools; School Choice; Private Schools; Public Schools; School Effectiveness; Outcomes of Education; Disproportionate Representation; Disadvantaged; School Holding Power; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Private school; Privatschule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schuleffizienz; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	In this paper we explore the relationship between students' residential location and participation in Milwaukee's large, widely available private school voucher program. We are interested in one overarching question: do voucher schools disproportionately draw students from better public schools and city neighborhoods, or do they draw students most in need of alternative options? We consider whether the public schools attended by students in neighborhoods contributing large numbers of students to the voucher program are more or less effective than those attended by students in neighborhoods with fewer voucher students. We also consider whether voucher students are located in city neighborhoods that directly contribute more or less to student outcomes. We find consistent evidence that neighborhoods whose students attend less effective public schools and neighborhoods with lower academic outcomes contribute disproportionately to the voucher program. This evidence is quite consistent with patterns apparent on Census-based observational measures of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics: higher rates of voucher use are found in the least advantaged neighborhoods. We also find, however, that disadvantaged students in general are those most likely to leave the voucher program after enrolling. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: http://epaa.asu.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01