The school choice journey : school vouchers and the empowerment of urban families / by Thomas Stewart and Patrick J. Wolf.
The School Choice Journey provides a realistic look at how urban families experience parental school choice with an inside view of a highly controversial case of school vouchers, the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The authors draw upon focus groups and interviews to exam...
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Series: | Education policy (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword by Former United States Senator Joe Lieberman
- 1. What Is School Choice, And Why Did Some Parents Choose School Vouchers?
- 2. The History of Vouchers and Education Reform in Washington, DC
- 3. What Were Families Looking for in the Voucher Program?
- 4. What Major Challenges Did Families Experience Using Private School Vouchers?
- 5. How Do Families Measure Student Progress, Satisfaction and Success?
- 6. School Voucher and the Empowerment Of Urban Families
- 7. What Lessons Were Learned That May Help Future Travelers?