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Direct linkBerends, Mark, Ed.; Cannata, Marisa, Ed.; Goldring, Ellen B., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2011
"School Choice and School Improvement" brings together a collection of exemplary, policy-relevant papers that examine how communities, districts, and states use choice as a strategy for improving schools and student learning. The book includes sophisticated and insightful research on private schools and vouchers; charter schools and traditional…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Private Schools, Transfer Programs, Racial Segregation
Maddaus, John – 1988
The decisions parents make regarding their children's education are not based solely on the academic quality of the school. Therefore, initiating a parental-choice educational program will not necessarily improve the overall level of education that American children are currently receiving. An area of concern is children who are economically…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs
Download full textLau, Matthew Y.; And Others – 1993
The extent to which gifted and talented students participated in Minnesota's Open Enrollment Option was investigated via a survey of 26 gifted students who transferred to nonresident schools and comparison of results with those of a survey of 60 students without special needs. Results indicated that academic and educational concerns were some of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Gifted, Information Sources
Gorney, Deborah J.; Ysseldyke, James E. – 1993
This study compared students with learning disabilities who participated in open enrollment in Minnesota with their nondisabled peers, in terms of reasons for transfer, source of information about open enrollment, parent involvement with the school, and demographics. The study involved a survey of 59 families of students with learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Information Sources
Delaney, Thomas J.; And Others – 1993
A survey was conducted of 82 rural parents of students with disabilities or giftedness on the topic of open enrollment. The survey examined demographic characteristics, sources of information, reasons for transfer, and changes in parental involvement with schools. Most of the rural students with special educational needs who chose to participate…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Gifted
Lange, Cheryl M.; And Others – 1995
The expectations of parents of students with disabilities who transferred schools through an open enrollment option were examined in this qualitative study. In-depth interviews were conducted with parents of 18 children and adolescents who transferred their child through Minnesota's open enrollment law. Interviews addressed: the student's history…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Policy
