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School Choice at the Crossroads compiles exemplary, policy-relevant research on school choice options-voucher, private, charter, and traditional public schools-as they have been implemented across the nation. Renowned contributors highlight the latest rigorous research findings and implications on school vouchers, tuition tax credits, and charter schools in states and local areas at the forefront of school choice policy. Examining national and state-level perspectives, each chapter discusses the effects of choice and vouchers on student outcomes, the processes of choice, supportive conditions of school choice programs, comparative features of school choice, and future research. This timely volume addresses whether school choice works, under what conditions, and for whom-further informing educational research, policy, and practice.
List of contents
Contents
Preface
Section I: Introduction and Overview
- Introduction: School Choice at the Crossroads
Mark Berends, R. Joseph Waddington, and John Schoenig
Section II: Where We Are
- Educational Vouchers and Tax Credit Scholarship Programs in the United States: 1990-2017
John F. Witte
- Organizational and Social Costs of Schools’ Participation in a Voucher Program
Megan Austin
- Does Private School Choice Improve Student Achievement? A Review of the Evidence
Patrick J. Wolf, and Anna J. Egalite,
Charter Schools
- The Effects of Charter Schools on Student Achievement
Julian R. Betts, and Y. Emily Tang
- Innovation in Charter Schools: An Exploratory Analysis
Mark Berends, Roberto V. Peñaloza, Marisa Cannata, amd Ellen B. Goldring
- Redefining What It Means to be a Teacher: An Examination of Teacher Autonomy and Innovation in Indianapolis Charter Schools
Madeline Mavrogordato
- Taking Charge of Choice: The Case and Implications of Mayoral Charter Control
Claire Smrekar, and Madeline Mavrogordato
- Scaling up and Sustaining Charter School Effects
Mark Berends and R. Joseph Waddington
Section III: Understanding the Context of School Choice
- Achievement versus Attainment: Are School Choice Evaluators Looking for Impacts in the Wrong Places?
Collin Hitt, Patrick J. Wolf, and Michael Q. McShane
- Searching for Policies and Practices that Make Charter Schools Successful: What Can Research Tell Us?
Philip M. Gleason
- The Politics of Charter School Evidence in Local Context: The Case of Los Angeles
Janelle Scott, Elizabeth DeBray, Christopher Lubienski, Johanna Hanley, Elise Castillo, and Samantha L. Hedges
- Self-Governing Schools, Parental Choice and the Public Interest
Helen F. Ladd
Contributor Bios
About the author
Mark Berends is a Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity at the University of Notre Dame, USA.
R. Joseph Waddington is Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky, USA.
John Schoenig is the Senior Director of Teacher Formation and Educational Policy for the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame, USA.
Summary
School Choice at the Crossroads compiles exemplary, policy-relevant research on school choice options—voucher, private, charter, and traditional public schools—as they have been implemented across the nation.
