Public Support for Private Schools in Post-Communist Central Europe [electronic resource] : Czech and Hungarian Experiences / Randall K. Filer and Daniel Munich.
This paper discusses public support for private education and educational vouchers in post-Communist Hungary and the Czech Republic, which support nonstate schools extensively. Although public schools were relatively good in these countries post-Communism, there was a surge in demand for private alt...
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| Summary: | This paper discusses public support for private education and educational vouchers in post-Communist Hungary and the Czech Republic, which support nonstate schools extensively. Although public schools were relatively good in these countries post-Communism, there was a surge in demand for private alternatives. The paper examines changing market incentives and traces the development of nonstate schools, as well as other education reforms, in these two countries since 1989. It notes factors influencing the establishment of nonstate schools, providing preliminary evidence regarding the role of such schools in expanding the range of opportunities for parents and students and in bringing pressure for reform to bear on the state school system. Private schools appear to have arisen in response to distinct market incentives. They are more common in areas where public schools are doing a poor job, as seen by the success rate of academic high schools in obtaining admission to the top universities for their graduates or of technical high schools in obtaining employment and high wages for their graduates. Preliminary evidence suggests that public schools facing private competition improve their performance. Preliminary evidence also supports the claims of advocates for nationwide voucher schemes. (Contains 25 references.) (SM) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED464992. Sponsoring Agency: Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna (Austria). Contract Number: 98-1-152. |
| Physical Description: | 49 pages. |