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Charting the Rise of School Choice across Canadian Provinces

A Policy Index

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ID7701237
AuthorsSalar Asadolahi (0000-0002-7020-6499, University of Toronto, corresponding author), James Farney (0000-0002-2279-4599, University of Regina), Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos (0000-0002-8111-5891, University of Toronto), Linda A White (0000-0001-9155-4321, University of Toronto)
Year2022
Volume55
Issue1
Pages188-207
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008423921000901
OpenAlexW4200389500
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited49

This article introduces and discusses the findings of the Canada School Choice Policy Index (CSCPI). This is the first index of its kind that measures the development of school choice policies across the Canadian provinces from 1980 to 2020 using eight unique indicators of choice. In contrast to other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the CSCPI reveals that although Canada has witnessed an increase in school choice over time, this increase has largely been contained within public education systems rather than in the expansion of private education options. Our findings raise the importance of future research to address growing choice in public education systems across the provinces, in addition to choice in the private sphere

Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Index (typography · Political science · Public economics · Public policy · Regional science · School choice · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · School Choice and Performance

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