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Special Edition on Contemporary School Choice Research

AUTHORS:
Kenneth K. Wong, Guest Editor
Herbert J. Walberg, Guest Editor

PUBLISHED BY:
Peabody Journal of Education, Volume 81, Number 1
(2006)



This special edition of the Peabody Journal of Education features the most recent scholarly research on the provision of school choice in the United States. In coordination with the National Center on School Choice, Guest Editors Kenneth K. Wong and Herbert J. Walberg assembled a multidisciplinary team of social scientists, education scholars, and practitioners to share their empirical conclusions and critical perspectives on the condition of school choice in policy and practice:

Introduction to the Special Issue on Contemporary School Choice Research
Kenneth K. Wong and Herbert J. Walberg

Looking Inside the Black Box: What School Factors Explain Voucher Gains in Washington, DC?
Patrick J. Wolf and Daniel S. Hoople

Are Parents Informed Consumers: Evidence from the Florida McKay Scholarship Program
Virginia R. Weidner and Carolyn D. Herrington

Are Charter School Parents More Satisfied with Schools? Evidence from Washington, DC
Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider

Charter School Enrollments in Context: An Exploration of Organization and Policy Influences
Natalie Lacireno-Paquet

Cyber and Home School Charter Schools: Adopting Policy to New Forms of Public Schooling
Luis A. Huerta, Maria Fernanda-Gonzalez, Chad d'Entremont

Switching Schools? A Closer Look at Parents' Initial Interest in and Knowledge About the Choice Provisions of No Child Left Behind
William Howell

An Analysis of Private School Mission Statements
Albert J. Boerema

The Effect of Residential School Choice on Public High School Graduation Rates
Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters

Educational Accountability in a Regulated Market
Jacob E. Adams, Jr., and Paul T. Hill

The complete edition of the Peabody Journal of Education is available from Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, but a selection of research articles and the editors' introduction may be downloaded from the National Center on School Choice website.


Downloads


__Introduction to the Special Issue on Contemporary School Choice
__Research
__Kenneth K. Wong and Herbert J. Walberg


__Looking Inside the Black Box: What School Factors Explain Voucher
__Gains in Washington, DC?
__Patrick J. Wolf and Daniel S. Hoople


__Are Charter School Parents More Satisfied with Schools? Evidence from
__Washington, DC
__Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider


__Switching Schools? A Closer Look at Parents' Initial Interest in and
__Knowledge about the Choice Provisions of No Child Left Behind
__William Howell