Planning for Quality Schools: Meeting the Needs of District Families. Phase One: Understanding Current School Supply and Student Enrollment Patterns

Autor/inn/en	Garrison, David; Allen, Marni; Turner, Margery; Comey, Jennifer; Williams, Barika; Guernsey, Elizabeth; Filardo, Mary; Huvendick, Nancy; Sung, Ping
Institution	21st Century School Fund
Titel	Planning for Quality Schools: Meeting the Needs of District Families. Phase One: Understanding Current School Supply and Student Enrollment Patterns
Quelle	(2008), (190 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Private Schools; School Choice; Neighborhood Improvement; School Funds; Public Schools; Urban Schools; Educational Quality; Educational Improvement; Student Recruitment; Trend Analysis; Supply and Demand; Access to Education; Place of Residence; Enrollment Trends; Educational Vouchers; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Bedarfsplanung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Wohnort; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein
Abstract	This report is the first phase of a three-part Quality Schools Project to help the District of Columbia create a firm analytical basis for planning for quality schools to meet the needs of the city's families. The Quality School Project is a joint effort of the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education, the 21st Century School Fund, the Brookings Institution, and the Urban Institute. While the city's overall population is growing, the number of school-age children living in the District is actually in decline. The availability of quality public schools, especially near housing that is appropriate for and affordable to families, will help determine how successful the city can be in attracting and retaining families with children. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (the OSSE) commissioned this project to study the patterns of school supply and student demand in order to better understand the choices parents are making in choosing schools, the relationship between school choice and school quality, and between school choice and neighborhood development. The Quality Schools Project will explore policy changes that can improve the availability of and access to quality school options throughout the city. The Quality Schools Project is divided into three phases. This Phase One report provides a comprehensive profile of the supply of public primary and secondary educational schools in the District and of the students attending these schools in the 2006-07 school year. This report addresses questions such as: What types of public schools are available in the District and who is attending them? How do students get access to various types of public schools? Where are students attending school? Where do students live in relation to the schools they attend? The Phase One report looks at patterns of school supply and student enrollment across the full spectrum of public education options in the city: DC Public Schools (DCPS), public charter schools, and voucher-supported private schools. (Contains 12 tables, 18 figures, 62 footnotes, and 4 maps.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	21st Century School Fund. 1816 12th Street NW, Thurgood Marshall Center, Washington, DC 20009. Tel: 202-745-3745; Fax: 202-745-1713; e-mail: info@21csf.org; Web site: http://www.21csf.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10