EDUC459 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: School Choice
15 Mar 2018
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Public schools with specialized courses or curriculum. Can have admissions requirements, but they must meet local, state, and federal accountability standards. School choice reform movement : a different approach of improving and investing in schools. Public schools with some autonomy in exchange for having to periodically renew their charter. Have open enrollment, cannot charge tuition, and must meet local, state, and federal accountability standards. Allowed to raise money (can get money from the private sector but are funded from the public sector) Schools that receive a charter (contract) from public entity (local school board, state board of ed. , varies by state) Tax-based spending per pupil follows child into charter school. May be started by parents, community organizations, teachers, district, etc. Can be new schools, former district-run schools, former private schools. Taxpayer-funded scholarships that subsidize student tuition at private schools.
