Parent Preferences and Parent Choices: The Public-Private Decision about School Choice

Autor/inn/en	Goldring, Ellen B.; Phillips, Kristie J. R.
Titel	Parent Preferences and Parent Choices: The Public-Private Decision about School Choice
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Policy, 23 (2008) 3, S.209-230 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0939
Schlagwörter	Public Schools; Private Schools; School Choice; Parent Participation; Educational Attainment; Parent School Relationship; Social Networks; Decision Making; Race; Socioeconomic Status; Parent Attitudes; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Elternmitwirkung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Rasse; Abstammung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Elternverhalten
Abstract	School choice survey data from the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, a large county-wide school district, is analysed to examine the characteristics of parents who consider choosing private schools for their children and those who do not. We examine differences in background, including race, educational attainment and socioeconomic status, as well as differences in parent satisfaction with their child's previous school, parent involvement in school, parents' priorities in school choice, as well as parents' social networks. After controlling for background characteristics, we find that parent satisfaction with their child's previous school was not a predictor of considering a private school. Rather, parent involvement seems to be a more important indicator of whether or not a parent would consider sending their child to a private school. In this case, parents are not "pushed" away from public schools, contrary to much public rhetoric that suggests private schools are somehow inherently "better" than public schools and parents who are dissatisfied with their public schools will opt for private schools. Instead, these findings suggest a "pull" towards private schools. Parents may perceive that parent involvement and parent communication are more easily facilitated and valued in private schools. (Contains 2 tables, 4 figures and 11 notes.) (Author).
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