School Choice and Privatization

Developed by: W. Huitt
Last revised: February 2003

School Choice

• Choice: Education Commission of the States
• School Choice: The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College
• School choice: Charters and vouchers-The Ontario (Canada) Secondary School Teachers' Federation
• School Choice: Education Week
• School Choice: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management
• School Choice: Teach-nology
• School Choice: Edvisors.com
• Educational Issues from the Heartland Institute
• 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 Friends National Network--from the Center for Policy Studies, in cooperation with Hamline University
• National Charter School Clearninghouse--from RCB High School, a division of AIBT International Institute of the Americas
• Charter Schools: US Department of Education
• Charter Schools: Education Commission of the States
• U. S. Charter Schools
• About Charter Schools--from The Center for Educational Reform
• Charter Law Scorecard Ranks States--from The Center for Educational Reform
• Charter Schools--from WestEd, a Regional Educational Laboratory
• Charter School Law--A guide to charter school resources on the web
• Charter School Accreditation--American Academy for Liberal Education
• Charter School Resources--Western Regional Resource Center
• Charter Schools in the Workplace--Lisa Snell, Reason Public Policy Institute
• National Study of Charter Schools--RPP International
• Charter School Related Websites--RPP International
• Capital Funding for Charter Schools--by Mark Howard
• Choice Office, Florida Department of Education
• Florida Consortium of Charter Schools
• Florida LEADS (Leadership for Electronic Access to Data for Schools)
• City Montessori School of Lucknow, India--Every child is potentially the light of the world
• Chrysalis Charter School, Redding, CA: A collaboration between a school district and a natural science museum
• Progress Report: Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, The Florida Legislature

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.
• 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
• Privatization and Public Education: Education Week
• The AFT Center on Privatization
• 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]