Choice, Charters, and Public SchoolCompetition
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ISSN 0428-1276 In the last century, public schools changed in ways that dramatically reduced the control that parents have over their local schools. Regaining that control is one key to improving the quality of our schools, and giving students a choice of schools is one way of increasing the influence that parents have over the way schools are run. Several types of school choice have arisen in recent years, including magnet and charter schools. But when these are reviewed in terms of outcomes and incentives, charter schools are found to have a much better chance of providing the competitive pressure necessary to improve the quality of public schools. When historians review the changes in schools over the twentieth century, two things are likely to stand out. First, there has been a dramatic consolidation of school districts, leaving fewer but significantly larger districts. Second, schools have become more unionized. Historians may not see the interaction of these two things, but it is just that interaction that makes new forms of competition among schools so important. Improving our schools in the twentyfirst century is likely to rest on developing forms of school choice—vouchers, charters, and other institutions—that counteract these two forces.
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