The Charter School Allure

The school choice debate evokes compelling arguments by advocates and opponents alike. As the controversy continues, urban school districts are losing significant resources to charter schools. Districts seeking to compete in the race to reclaim dollars lost to the school choice battle should emulate the factors that have propelled parents to seek alternative schools for their children. This study queried 260 urban parents who have withdrawn their children from the public school to attend charter schools in the past 2 years. Results show that despite the lack of statistically significant evidence of academic gains, parents perceive an enhanced educational experience. The author surmises that the chasm between perceived charter school success and traditional school failure is a “perception gap” with definable constructs that can be addressed through all levels of the traditional school organization. Traditional schools can successfully compete with charter schools by aggressively emulating the variables that define that chasm

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• What we are called to do ‘when the unthinkable becomes the thinkable and the impossible really happens’

  Betty Merchant•International Journal of…•2017

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• The Effects of School Choice on Parental School Participation and School Satisfaction in Korea

  Open Access•Jung-Sook Kim, Yeo-Jung Hwang et al.•Social Indicators Research•2012

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• Exploring the Perspectives of Middle-class African American Parents Who Are Charter School Skeptics

  Open Access•Paul T Knudson, Crysta Ascolillo•Humanity & Society•2021

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• Segregated Neighborhoods, Segregated Schools

  Open Access•Paul Rich, Peter Rich et al.•Demography•2021

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• The High School “Space Race”

  Open Access•Matthew Militello, Scott Alan Metzger et al.•Education and Urban Society•2008

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• Choosing Schools

  Open Access•Mark Schneider, Paul Teske et al.•Choosing Schools•2000

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• Charter Schools as Postmodern Paradox

  Amy Stuart Wells, Alejandra Lopez et al.•Harvard Educational Review•1999

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• What Do Parents Want From Schools? Evidence From the Internet

  Open Access•Mark Schneider, Jack Buckley•Educational Evaluation and Policy…•2002

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• Are Persons Free to Choose?

  Alan Mittleman, Alan L Mittleman•Human Nature & Jewish Thought•2018

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• The “City Migrant” Dilemma

  Open Access•Kathryn Nakagawa, Mary E Stafford et al.•Urban Education•2002

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• School Choice

  Open Access•Frances C Fowler•Educational Researcher•2003

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• School Choice? Or is it Privatization

  Martin Carnoy•Educational Researcher•2000

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• An Examination of Charter School Equity

  Open Access•Nathalis Guy Wamba, Carol Ascher•Education and Urban Society•2003

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• The Impact of Emerging Market-Based Public Policy on Urban Schools and a Democratic Society

  Open Access•Carolyn S Ridenour, Carolyn Ridenour et al.•Education and Urban Society•2001

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• Public Choice in Education

  Open Access•Katherine B Smith, Kevin B Smith et al.•Political Research Quarterly•1995

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