What are the Critical Factors and Reasons Involved for Some American States to Introduce a School Voucher Program for Their Educational Competitiveness?

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-342
Author(s):  
Suk-Joon Hwang ◽  
Gook-Jin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Critical Factors ◽  
Voucher Program ◽  
American States ◽  
School Voucher

scholarly journals Competition on the Georgia Education Marketplace

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Archil Gagnidze ◽  
Shorena Maglakelidze
Keyword(s):  
School Principals ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Voucher Scheme ◽  
Efficient Utilization ◽  
Voucher Program ◽  
School Voucher ◽  
The Government

Georgia implemented a nationwide, full scale school voucher program in 2005. The new voucher plan was designed with the intent to provide equitable distribution and efficient utilization of financial and human resources. By introducing the voucher scheme, the government hoped to promote competition among public as well as private schools to push them operate in a cost-effective way and consequently improve education quality. This study tries to identify the effect of increased competition on the quality of education as perceived by school principals and teachers in Georgia. More specifically, we study to identify if the voucher model, as a result of increased competition, has created an environment that is supportive to students in improving their academic performance. Our results suggest that school principals and teachers do not view competition as a force or stimulation towards better quality teaching and improved students’ academic achievement.

Participation in a national, means-tested school voucher program

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Campbell ◽  
Martin R. West ◽  
Paul E. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Voucher Program ◽  
School Voucher

Determinants of Organizational Failure in the Milwaukee School Voucher Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 1048-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Ford ◽  
Fredrik O. Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Failure ◽  
Voucher Program ◽  
School Voucher

In Indiana, school choice means segregation

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 40-43
Author(s):  
Michael B. Shaffer ◽  
Bridget Dincher
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
White Students ◽  
Board Of Education ◽  
Voucher Program ◽  
Traditional Public Schools ◽  
School Voucher ◽  
Scholarship Program ◽  
Definition Of

Following Brown v. Board of Education, schools known as “segregation academies” that were created for the purpose of allowing White students to be educated without contact with Black students proliferated in the southern United States. While the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited such segregation, these schools remained in existence for decades. In this case study, Michael Shaffer and Bridget Dincher contend that the Choice Scholarship Program in Indiana, a school voucher program, re-creates the segregation academies. Data demonstrate that while White student percentages have climbed since the inception of the program, Black student percentages have declined sharply, creating a large number of schools that meet the definition of a segregated school. And because these schools are private, despite receiving government funds through the voucher program, students do not receive the same federal protections from discrimination that they do in traditional public schools.

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