Parent Involvement and School Choice: Exit and Voice in Public Schools.

Ogawa, Rodney T.; Dutton, Jo Sargent

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Publication Date: 1997

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Parent Involvement and School Choice: Exit and Voice in Public Schools.

Ogawa, Rodney T.; Dutton, Jo Sargent

Urban Education, v32 n3 p333-53 Sep 1997

Applies Hirschman's concepts of satisfaction, voice, and valuing product quality to study parents' attitudes towards three forms of school choice: intradistrict options, interdistrict transfers, and public/private school vouchers. Responses from 1,832 parents reveals three different patterns, including the finding that parents seeking interdistrict transfers were the least satisfied with their children's schools. (GR)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Politics of Education, Private Schools, Public Schools, School Choice, Urban Schools

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Language: English

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