A review of the empirical research on private school choice

AJ Egalite, PJ Wolf - Peabody Journal of Education, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Parents in the United States have had the legal right to choose the school their child attends
for a long time. Traditionally, parental school choice took the form of families moving to a …

A win-win solution: The empirical evidence on school choice

G Forster - Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2013 - ERIC
This report surveys the empirical research on school choice. It provides a thorough overview
of what the research has found on five key topics:(1) Academic outcomes of choice …

The impact of school choice and public policy on segregation: Evidence from Chile

G Elacqua - International Journal of Educational Development, 2012 - Elsevier
Advocates argue that vouchers can make improved educational opportunity available to
disadvantaged students. Critics contend that vouchers increase the risk of stratification …

Reflections on the evolution of educational leadership preparation programs in the United States and challenges ahead

M McCarthy - Journal of Educational Administration, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this legacy paper is to review leadership preparation over time in
the United States and addresses challenges ahead. It is hoped that the US developments …

Market models and segregation: Examining mechanisms of student sorting

C Lubienski, LB Perry, J Kim… - … Perspectives on School …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
In recent decades, policymakers around the globe have adopted market mechanisms such
as consumer-style choice, provider autonomy and competition. Such policies may improve …

Effects of maturing private school choice programs on public school students

DN Figlio, CMD Hart, K Karbownik - American Economic Journal …, 2023 - aeaweb.org
Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and
leveraging a student fixed effects design, we explore how a Florida private school choice …

School choice & social stratification: How intra-district transfers shift the racial/ethnic and economic composition of schools

KJR Phillips, ES Larsen, C Hausman - Social Science Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The liberation model hypothesizes that school choice liberates students from
underperforming schools by giving them the opportunity to seek academically superior …

Measuring competitive effects from school voucher programs: A systematic review

AJ Egalite - Journal of School Choice, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Studies of the competition effects from voucher or tuition tax credit scholarship programs on
public school student academic outcomes have taken place in seven locations throughout …

Can we have it all? A review of the impacts of school choice on racial integration

E Swanson - School Choice: Separating Fact from Fiction, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
This article reviews the literature evaluating the impact of school choice programs on racial
integration. Evidence on the impacts of magnet schools, voluntary busing programs, open …

Effects of scaling up private school choice programs on public school students

DN Figlio, CMD Hart, K Karbownik - 2020 - nber.org
Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and a
student fixed effect design, we explore how the massive scale-up of a Florida private school …