What's in Your Portfolio? How Parents Rank Traditional Public, Private, and Charter Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans' Citywide System of School Choice

Autor/inn/en	Lincove, Jane A.; Cowen, Joshua M.; Imbrogno, Jason P.
Titel	What's in Your Portfolio? How Parents Rank Traditional Public, Private, and Charter Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans' Citywide System of School Choice
Quelle	In: Education Finance and Policy, 13 (2018) 2, S.194-226 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-3060
Schlagwörter	Parent Attitudes; Educational Attitudes; Public Schools; Private Schools; Charter Schools; School Choice; Preferences; Institutional Characteristics; Academic Achievement; Outcomes of Education; Louisiana (New Orleans) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schulleistung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	We examine the characteristics of schools preferred by parents in New Orleans, Louisiana, where a "portfolio" of school choices is available. This tests the conditions under which school choice induces healthy competition between public and private schools through the threat of student exit. Using unique data from parent applications to as many as eight different schools (including traditional public, charter, and private schools), we find that many parents include a mix of public and private schools among their preferences, often ranking public schools alongside or even above private schools on a unified application. Parents who list both public and private schools show a preference for the private sector, all else equal, and are willing to accept lower school performance scores for private schools than otherwise equivalent public options. These parents reveal a stronger preference for academic outcomes than other parents and place less value on other school characteristics such as sports, arts, or extended hours. Public schools are more likely to be ranked with private schools and to be ranked higher as their academic performance scores increase. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01