Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2015
Keywords
private schools, school choice, voucher programs, Florida, Louisiana, Indiana
Abstract
As school choice programs expand in the United States, it is crucial to consider how the design of these programs shapes the supply and demand of parents’ educational offerings. To better understand the school choice landscape from the viewpoint of current and would-be participants in choice programs, we administered an extensive survey in Spring 2014 to leaders of private schools in Florida, Indiana, and Louisiana. From Florida’s relatively longstanding and lightly regulated tax-credit scholarship program to Indiana and Louisiana’s younger and more heavily regulated state-funded voucher programs, these programs share some qualities while differing considerably on others. In total, 954 school leaders participated in our survey. The overall response rate was 29 percent, which is relatively high for a lengthy Internet survey. As the largest and most in-depth survey of its kind ever conducted, the information we collected allows us to more deeply understand the supply side of school choice than with previous studies.
Citation
Kisida, B., Wolf, P., & Rhinesmith, E. (2015). Views from Private Schools: Attitudes about School Choice Programs in Three States. American Enterprise Institute Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/edrepub/191
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