School Choice and
Privatization
Developed
by: W. Huitt
Last revised: February 2003
School Choice
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Choice: Education Commission of the States
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School Choice: The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life,
Boston College
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School choice: Charters and vouchers-The Ontario (Canada) Secondary School
Teachers' Federation
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School
Choice: Education Week
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School
Choice: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management
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School
Choice: Teach-nology
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School Choice: Edvisors.com
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Educational Issues
from the Heartland Institute
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School
Reform: Audio and video links from the SRC Network Center
- 4Choice: School
choice without vouchers
- School Choices:
Andrew Coulson, Senior Research Associate with the
Social Philosophy and Policy Center (BGSU, Ohio)
Lubienski, C.(2001). Redefining Charter chools,
common schools, and the rhetoric of reform. Teachers College Record, 103(4),
634-666. Retrieved: February 2003.[executive summary and PDF version available online from
http://www.tcrecord.org (free registration required)]
- Lubienski, C. (2001). The relationship of
competition and choice to
innovation in education
markets. (Occasional Paper # 26) New York: National
Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College, Columbia
University. Retrieved: February 2003. [http://ncspe.org/keepout/papers/00026/38_OP_No._26.pdf]
- Merrifield, J. (2000). The school-choice choices. The
Independent Review, V(2), 189-207. Retrieved: February 2003. [http://www.independent.org/tii/media/pdf/tir52merrifield.pdf]
- Morrison, L. (1998). The tax credits program for
school choice. Dallas, TX: National Center for Policy Analysis. Retrieved:
February 2003. [http://www.ncpa.org/studies/s213.html]
Charter Schools (Web Sites)
Charter Schools (Readings)
- Berman, P., Nelson, B., Ericson, J., Perry, R., & Silverman, D. (1998).
A national study of charter schools: Second-year report. Washington, DC:
U. S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement
and Berkley, CA: RPP International. Retrieved February 2003, from
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/charter98/index.html
- Erricson, J., & Silverman, D. (2001). Challenge and
opportunity: The impact of charter schools on school districts (A report of
the national study of charter schools). Washington, DC: U.S. Department
of Education, Office of Educational Research and
Improvement. Retrieved: February 2003. [http://www.ed.gov/pubs/chartimpact/district_impact.doc]
- Glass, G. (1994). School choice: A
discussion with Herbert Gintis. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2(6).
Retrieved: June 1998. [http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/v2n6.html]
- Hadderman, M. (1998). Charter schools.
Eugene, OR: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management. [ED422600].
Retrieved: December 1999. [http://eric.uoregon.edu/publications/digests/digest118.html]
- Sautter, R. C. (1993). Charter
schools: A new breed of public schools. Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional
Educational Laboratory. Retrieved: December 1999. [http://www.ncrel.org/ncrel/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/93-2toc.htm]
- Snell, L. (2002, December). Florida leads the school
choice movement. Privatization Watch. Retrieved: February 2003. [http://www.rppi.org/flschoolchoice.html]
Vouchers
- What Next for School Vouchers? Conference sponsored the Program on Education Policy and Governance, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Kennedy School of Government.
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Hot Topics-Vouchers: WestEd, a regional educational laboratory (formerly
Far West and Southwest Laboratories)
- Laitsch, D. (2002, December 4). K-12 voucher programs and education
policy: An exploratory study of policy maker
attitudes and opinions, Education Policy Analysis Archives, 10(48).
Retrieved: December 2002. [http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n48/]
Homeschooling, and Other Alternatives
- Ari, A. B. (1999). Homeschooling and the
redefinition of citizenship. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 7(27).
Retrieved: December 1999. [http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n48/]
- Bauman, K. J. (2002, May 16). Home schooling in the United States: Trends and
Characteristics. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 10(26). Retrieved:
May
2002. [http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n26.html]
Privatization
- National Center for the
Study of Privatization in Education: Teachers College, Columbia University
- The
World Bank Group: Papers on education and privatization
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Privatization and Public Education: Education Week
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The AFT Center on
Privatization
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Education: Public vs. Private from the Jim Self Center on the Future at
Clemson University
- Ascher, C., Fruchter, N., & Berne, R. (1996). Hard
lessons: Public schools and privatization (Selected chapters). New York:
Twentieth Century Fund. Retrieved: February 2003. [http://www.tcf.org/Publications/Education/Hard_Lessons/Foreword.html#contents]
- Carnoy, M. (2000). School choice? Or is it
privatization? Educational Researcher, 29(7), 15-20. Retrieved:
February 2003. [http://www.aera.net/pubs/er/pdf/vol29_07/AERA290703.pdf]
- Elert, G. (1994). School privatization and choice: A
sociopolitical analysis. E-World. Retrieved: February 2003. [http://hypertextbook.com/eworld/choice.shtml]
- Laitsch, D. (1998). School choice and privatization
efforts: A legislative survey. Washington, DC: American Association of
Colleges of Teacher Education. Retrieved: February 2003. [http://www.edpolicy.org/publications/documents/priv.pdf]
- Noguera, P. (1993). Confronting the challenge of
privatization in public education. In Motion Magazine. Retrieved: February
2003. [http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/pnpriv1.html]