The impact of competition associated with charter schools and inter-district school choice policies on educators and schools
by Wang Jun Kim; Peter Youngs
International Journal of Quantitative Research in Education (IJQRE), Vol. 1, No. 3, 2013

Abstract: This study uses survey data to examine how teachers and school administrators in traditional public schools in Michigan (USA) perceive the impact of charter schools and inter-district school choice policies on themselves and their schools. The authors utilise two competing economics perspectives to examine these questions: the neoclassical economics (NCE) perspective and the institutional and behavioural economics (IBE) perspective. The findings do not support the assumption of the NCE perspective that educators will respond to charter schools and inter-district choice programmes by improving school quality (by, for example, making improvements in their teaching or leadership practices, academic programmes, extra-curricular activities, or relationships with parents; or increasing teacher collaboration with colleagues).

Online publication date: Tue, 29-Apr-2014

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