Public or Private Schools, Tests and League Tables, Parental Choice and Competition in Australia, the USA and Britain

2013 ◽  
pp. 153-174
Author(s):  
Des Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Private Schools ◽  
Parental Choice ◽  
League Tables ◽  
The Usa

Why does the USA dominate university league tables?

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 923-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Li ◽  
Sriram Shankar ◽  
Kam Ki Tang
Keyword(s):  
League Tables ◽  
The Usa

‘White flight’ in Milan: School segregation as a result of home-to-school mobility

Urban Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (15) ◽  
pp. 3216-3233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Cordini ◽  
Andrea Parma ◽  
Costanzo Ranci
Keyword(s):  
Private Schools ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Parental Choice ◽  
School Segregation ◽  
School Mobility ◽  
Ethnic Segregation ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Primary School Age ◽  
State Schools

The paper aims to show how and to what extent the system of compulsory education in Milan is affected by social and ethnic segregation. We argue that, despite being guided by the general criteria of universal access and equality of treatment, not only do Milan’s schools fail to counter socio-economic inequalities and differentiation along ethnic lines in an effective manner, but they actually tend to amplify and entrench them. We begin with a theoretical discussion of the main factors contributing to school segregation and a general overview of Italy’s compulsory education system. This is followed by a presentation of the empirical case of Milan, analysing social and ethnic segregation of children of primary school age (i.e. 6–10 years) by place of residence and school of enrolment. As a clear gap emerges between the ‘natural’ and the ‘actual’ school composition, our analytical focus then shifts to home-to-school mobility as an expression of parental choice. We show that 56% of all students in Milan do not enrol at local state schools and this is due to two main phenomena: families choosing private schools and families moving within the state school system. The analysis of these movements makes it possible to identify avoidance dynamics (i.e., in which disadvantaged or ethnic areas are avoided), as well as incoming mobility towards private schools and state schools located in affluent areas or with a lower intake of pupils of non-Italian ethnic backgrounds.

The Factors Impacting Parental Choice in Picking Non-public Schools for Their Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 001312452096605
Author(s):  
Avni S. Ved ◽  
Pramod Kumar M.P.M
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Private School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Quality ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Parental Choice ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The City

The purpose of the study was to investigate the school related factors influencing parental choice of private schools in the city of Bangalore. The study intended to analyze factors affecting parents’ choice of private schools in Bangalore, to discuss the extent to which various factors influence parents’ choice of private schools. The study used descriptive survey design. The target population of this study consisted of all parents of students studying in private primary schools in the city of Bangalore. A total sample of 180 parents was drawn purposively from Bangalore. The tool used for collecting the data was a self-constructed questionnaire which included 32 statements were prepared on the basis of a 5-point Likert scale. The study identified seven distinct factors affecting the parents’ decision of choosing a private school. Among these the factor that was seen to have most significant influence on parent’s decision to choose a private was school environment. The second most important factor that parent’s considered was the School quality. Third, parents considered curricular activities offered by school. Next, parents considered Quality of instruction while choosing a school. However, student welfare, parental involvement and proximity to the area of residence were considered less important by parents when choosing a school.

scholarly journals From TV at school towards TV for school

Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
José-Ramón del-Pino-Ruiz ◽  
Francisco-José Martínez-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Audiovisual Material ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa

Since TV became popular and with the introduction of Video players and DVD Players the key question was how and in which areas we can use TV in our daily teaching. The USA is the world leader in this field, as not only all public and private schools all over the country count with a TV set in each classroom, but lots of channels and companies produce audiovisual material and TV programmes with educational purposes. In Europe, it has been the British BBC the clear referent when talking about educational TV channels, followed in the last years by educational TV stations in Sweden, France and the Netherlands. «De la TV en la Escuela a la TV para la Escuela»es el título de nuestra comunicación. En ella hacemos un breve resumen de la historia del uso de la TV en el aula desde que dicho medio se populariza, llegando en las últimas décadas del siglo 20 a la revolución que suponen el uso generalizado de los medios audiovisuales en la enseñanza, coincidiendo con el abaratamiento de los reproductores de video y últimamente, de los reproductores de DVD. Se plantea la cuestión de las áreas del currículo que pueden enriquecerse con el uso de la TV en el aula. Se hace un repaso de cuál es la situación del uso de la televisión en el mundo occidental. Estados Unidos es, sin duda, el líder mundial en lo que se refiere al uso del medio televisivo en el aula. Prácticamente el 100% de las escuelas públicas y privadas de todos los estados del país poseen receptor de televisión en todas y cada una de las aulas. Este amplio disponer de medios audiovisuales coincide con la gran proliferación de canales y de productoras educativas, de empresas y consorcios que elaboran sus propias emisiones educativas, hasta llegar en los últimos años a la creación de emisoras para uso escolar que emiten a diario su programación educativa en horario escolar, como es el caso de algunos condados de California que son pioneros en el tema. En Europa la situación no es tan avanzada, pero tenemos el caso de la BBC británica, referente durante décadas de una TV educativa muy cuidada en diferentes áreas, con una programación de gran calidad y los últimos casos de emisoras con una clara vertiente educativa en Francia, Holanda y Suecia. En España el tema educativo ha sido abordado en las últimas décadas no sólo por el ente público RTVE, sino también por los diferentes canales autonómicos con un resultado dispar. Se analiza en último lugar el hecho educativo en la televisión pública andaluza, centrándonos en el programa «El Club de las ideas».

scholarly journals Planning Of Educational Systems Type Sinppe

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Miguel Barber Kuri
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
South America ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Educational Community ◽  
Administrative Organization ◽  
Critical Moment ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Three Stages

Large quantities of educational offers are limited, therefore, opportunities forecasted in an academia - administrative organization have not been responded to according to the demand registered in the few last years. The fact that not everyone agrees on what is to be done has placed a lot of private schools in Mexico and Latin America in a delicate situation, with the latent risk of being closed. The presentation of this case is an example of maturity, heroism and commitment of a group of religious directors and founders of schools in Mexico, the USA and South America, who have been able to face these situations successfully during a critical moment of their institutional life. The problem needs to be addressed in three stages: the administrative, academic and organizational, which have been able to visualize the problem as an interrelated group that is totally dependent. The obtained results are the six year-old product systematized on the part of the whole educational community of this institution as well as their directors, personal founder and the education team who presented the results in the doctoral dissertation concerning this problem.

scholarly journals Graduates of Private Schools and the Greek University: Empirical data and sociological interpretations through the period of crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 275-285
Author(s):  
Nikos Fotopoulos Fotopoulos ◽  
Christos Zagkos ◽  
Polina Fatourou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Private Education ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Private School ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Parental Choice ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Career Prospect

Ιn modern Greece, the entrance in higher education is considered a kind of social 'fetish'. In this concept, the Greek family diachronically strives to provide its members with an academic perspective, even if this parental choice is linked to many economic and psychological sacrifices. Private education is often associated with the perspective of a better academic and career prospect which is necessarily linked to entrance procedures at the Greek university. During the period (2001-2011) the representation of private school graduates in the total student population seems to be under "representative normality”. Additionally, private school students appear to have the same overall possibilities (neither less nor more) with public school graduates into higher education. However, a deeper sociological analysis demonstrates significant differences in the representation of higher education between public and private schools. This report focuses on private school graduates and more generally on the interpretation of how their entrance into higher education is portrayed.

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