The Impact Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program On Catholic Schools Families And Students
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The Impact Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program On Catholic Schools Families And Students
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Author : Kathleen M. Forslund
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Impact Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program On Catholic Schools Families And Students written by Kathleen M. Forslund and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Catholic schools categories.
Catholic School Renaissance
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Author : Andy Smarick
language : en
Publisher: The Philanthropy Roundtable
Release Date : 2015-11-01
Catholic School Renaissance written by Andy Smarick and has been published by The Philanthropy Roundtable this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with Reference categories.
Over the last generation, Catholic schools have been buffeted by a confluence of winds: changing demographics in the urban neighborhoods where many of their facilities are located, the disappearance of nuns and priests from classrooms, new competition from tuition-free charter schools. Finances crumbled, enrollments fell, and 6,000 schools were closed. Yet two million children remain in Catholic schools today. This includes a great many low-income and minority youngsters for whom Catholic schooling is a lifeline in an otherwise dysfunctional neighborhood. And Catholic schools get enormous bang for their educational buck—posting graduation rates, college success patterns, and levels of constructive student behavior that much exceed the performance at counterpart public institutions. Donors never gave up on Catholic schools. And in recent years they have begun to be rewarded for their loyalty. The last decade has brought a burst of fresh management structures, teacher pipelines, back-office mechanisms, helpful technologies, support groups, education-reform allies, private investors, and state and local school-choice programs that leave Catholic schools in their best position for future success in more than 50 years. It is now possible to see the outlines of a significant Catholic-school renaissance. And it is donors who are leading the way. This practical guide describes hundreds of opportunities for savvy givers to put a stamp on this field—where there may be more opportunities for life-changing philanthropy than in any other corner of our nation.
Handbook Of Research On School Choice
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Author : Mark Berends
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-05-07
Handbook Of Research On School Choice written by Mark Berends and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-07 with Education categories.
Since the early 1990s when the nation’s first charter school was opened in Minneapolis, the scope and availability of school-based options to parents has steadily expanded. No longer can public education be characterized as a monopoly. Sponsored by the National Center on School Choice (NCSC), this handbook makes readily available the most rigorous and policy-relevant research on K-12 school choice. Coverage includes charters, vouchers, home schooling, magnet schools, cyber schools, and other forms of choice, with the ultimate goal of defining the current state of this evolving field of research, policy, and practice. Key Features include: Comprehensive – this is the first book to provide a comprehensive review of what is known about the major forms of school choice from multiple perspectives: historical, political, economic, legal, methodological, and international. It also includes work on the governance, structure, process, effectiveness, and costs of school choice. Readable – the editors and authors have taken care to translate rigorous research findings into comprehensible prose accessible to a broad range of readers. International – in addition to thorough coverage of domestic research, the volume also draws on international and comparative studies of choice in foreign countries. Expertise – the National Center on School Choice (NCSC) is a consortium that is headquartered at Vanderbilt University and includes the following partners: Brookings Institution, Brown University, Harvard University, National Bureau of Economic Research, Northwest Evaluation Association, and Stanford University. This book is suitable for researchers, faculty and graduate students in education policy studies, politics of education, and social foundations of education. It should also be of interest to inservice administrators and policy makers.
Family Voices On Parental School Choice In Milwaukee What Can We Learn From Low Income Families
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Author : Thomas Stewart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Family Voices On Parental School Choice In Milwaukee What Can We Learn From Low Income Families written by Thomas Stewart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
This report, designed as one component of the comprehensive evaluation of the Milwaukee school system being conducted by the School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP), is based on focus group conversations with low-income families whose children attend Milwaukee public and private schools. The report seeks to elucidate the demand side of school choice from the perspective of the end users. More specifically, it describes the experiences of low-income families and uses their insights to better understand the strengths and limitations of their attempts to exercise parental school choice. Among its distinguishing characteristics, Milwaukee has the first publicly funded means-tested voucher program in the United States. Coupled with traditional public schools and a robust charter school community, Milwaukee provides an unprecedented set of school options to its residents. Equally as important, Milwaukee provides those interested in urban education reform with a unique opportunity to learn from a city at a relatively advanced phase of school reform. The findings presented here are based on discussions with an equal number of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) families. Fifty-seven participants--41 parents and 16 high school students--were selected from households that were members of the longitudinal panels that participated in the 2007-08 MPCP Parent Survey and the MPS Matched Sample Parent Survey. The project team used focus group discussions and electronic polling devices to capture parent and student responses to a variety of questions about their experiences. Parents were grouped based on whether their children were currently attending elementary/middle or high schools. Parents representing high school students were encouraged to bring those children to the event, and the high school students were grouped with their peers from MPS or MPCP. Participants were presented a variety of focus group and closed-ended polling questions that covered two general topics: (1) How do families choose, and (2) What are the families' most significant experiences with schools? More specifically, the discussions centered on: (1) the role of gender, (2) school governance and management, (3) measuring student progress and success, and (4) their greatest non-educational challenges. In addition, the authors allotted a few minutes for participants to share their opinions about matters that were not captured under these four topic areas. Following is a summary of the key findings: (1) MPS and MPCP families apparently do not factor gender into their school selection decision-making. However, high school parents and students were more likely to report school-based experiences that suggest that boys and girls have quite different experiences. Also, half the MPS high school students reported that they made the school selection, compared to MPCP families who are more likely to make the decision as a family unit; (2) Parents and students highly valued strong relationships with school faculty and the administration. Parents appreciated an open door policy and effective communication with teachers. Student treatment in school discipline was criticized by parents for being ineffective solutions to problems. Students also expressed frustration with the faculty's lack of support and inadequate response to their concerns; (3) Both MPS and MPCP families seem to use similar methods to measure student progress. Parents strongly recommended online tools to keep track of their children's progress, illustrating for the second time in focus groups the increasingly important role of technology in education. Families often determine academic progress using student school attendance, homework workload and completing assignments as the most reliable measures. Neither group of parents referenced standardized tests as a source of information or feedback about their child's progress; and (4) Both groups of families identified the lack of financial resources as their greatest non-educational challenge. MPS parents were more likely to describe the bind they faced with limited financial resources and how it affected their children's extracurricular and educational opportunities. MPS high school students were more likely to express concern about their future, specifically higher education, because of their families' present financial circumstances. Appended are: (1) Research Methods; (2) Polling Questions Asked of MPCP and MPS Parents; (3) Focus Group Questions; and (4) Milwaukee Focus Group Team Chart Example. (Contains 1 exhibit and 101 footnotes.).
School Choice Tradeoffs
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Author : R. Kenneth Godwin
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
School Choice Tradeoffs written by R. Kenneth Godwin and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Education categories.
Educational policy in a democracy goes beyond teaching literacy and numeracy. It also supports teaching moral reasoning, political tolerance, respect for diversity, and citizenship. Education policy should encourage liberty and equality of opportunity, hold educational institutions accountable, and be efficient. School Choice Tradeoffs examines the tradeoffs among these goals when government affords parents the means to select the schools their children attend. Godwin and Kemerer compare current policy that uses family residence to assign students to schools with alternative policies that range from expanding public choice options to school vouchers. They identify the benefits and costs of each policy approach through a review of past empirical literature, the presentation of new empirical work, and legal and philosophic analysis. The authors offer a balanced perspective that goes beyond rhetoric and ideology to offer policymakers and the public insight into the complex tradeoffs that are inherent in the design and implementation of school choice policies. While all policies create winners and losers, the key questions concern who these individuals are and how much they gain or lose. By placing school choice within a broader context, this book will stimulate reflective thought in all readers.
The Effect Of Milwaukee S Parental Choice Program On Student Achievement In Milwaukee Public Schools Scdp Comprehensive Longitudinal Evaluation Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Report 11
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Author : Jay P. Greene
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Effect Of Milwaukee S Parental Choice Program On Student Achievement In Milwaukee Public Schools Scdp Comprehensive Longitudinal Evaluation Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Report 11 written by Jay P. Greene and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
This paper examines evidence on the "systemic effects" of expanding school choice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukee is home to one of the nation's largest and longest-running school choice programs. If there are systemic effects from expanding school choice we should be able to see them in Milwaukee. This paper also introduces a novel method for analyzing systemic effects. Taking full advantage of student-level data, we develop a new measure of those effects based on the extent of voucher options that each student has each year. The idea behind this measure is that school systems face greater competitive pressure to serve students well when students have more options to leave. This type of measure might be useful for future analyses of systemic effects. Using this new approach, we find that students fare better academically when they have more options from Milwaukee's voucher program. The effects are modest in magnitude, but they are robust to multiple specifications of the model. (Contains 8 tables and 6 footnotes.) [For the EPIC review of this report, "Review of "The Effect of Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program on Student Achievement in Milwaukee Public Schools"", see ED530090.].
Catholic Schools
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Author : William Sander
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-03-14
Catholic Schools written by William Sander and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-14 with Education categories.
In When Work Disappears, Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson (1996) notes that African Americans in Chicago who attended Catholic schools are viewed more favorably by employers than African Americans who attended public schools. Such findings corroborate a widely though not univer sally-held view that Catholic schools succeed in boosting mobility for children of less-privileged families. Can its success bebroadened? Nobel-prize winning economist Robert Fogel (2000) drawing upon the research by Wilson and oth ers suggests that Catholic schools might play a larger role in promoting an egalitarian society, if grants were made available to poor students that could be used in the parochial school sector. Nobel-prize winning economists Milton Friedman (1962) and Gary Becker (1989) also make strong cases for education vouchers and for more competition in primary and secondary education in the United States. From a different perspective, Archbishop of Chicago Francis Cardinal George argues that Catholic "education that is faith-based, that pro vides values and discipline, that is Jesus-centered, has the potential to trans form the world" (Archdiocese of Chicago, 2000b). Despite such opinions, there is controversy concerning the measured effects of Catholic schooling on educational attainment, academic achieve ment, and other tangible outcomes.
Schools And Student Achievement
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Author : Cecilia Elena Rouse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Schools And Student Achievement written by Cecilia Elena Rouse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Academic achievement categories.
First Year Report Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
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Author : John F. Witte
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
First Year Report Milwaukee Parental Choice Program written by John F. Witte and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with School choice categories.
School Choice At The Crossroads
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Author : Mark Berends
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-04
School Choice At The Crossroads written by Mark Berends and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with Education categories.
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.