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School Choice and Public Education, 2002.
An examination on how the school choice system helps improve education.
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The school-choice system and its benefits to public education. The author believes that such choice programs offer a variety of educational settings and thus healthy competition develops in public schools. This system can also help in improving the quality of education.
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The Public School Choice Debate, 2007.
This paper presents a detailed examination of the school choice debate, with a focus on the Zelman vs. Simmons-Harris case.
3,545 words (approx. 14.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 99.95
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The paper uses the well known Zelman vs Simmons-Harris case to discuss the ways this case changed the public school choice debate.
The paper discusses the separation of church and state and the severing of the link between religion and public education. The paper looks at public education alternatives, such as charter schools, magnet schools and home schools and the reasons behind the implementation of a school voucher program. The paper reveals that the nation viewed the Zelman vs. Simmons-Harris case as the test to try the legal boundary between church and state. The paper provides a literature review on the details and ruling of this case.
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Literature Review
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"For many years, public schools have abided by the separation of church and state that has been held as a measurement of truth in government since the public school system began. Generational changes have taken place with each passing lifetime that have continued to move schools away from any hint of religious belief or preference."
"Whereas years ago students were taught to read and write using bible verses, and their school singing lessons came in the form of church hymns, those elements of public school were systematically removed until the nation was left with the system it has today, which for all intents and purposes there is no link between religion and public education."
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Is Home Schooling the Best Choice of Education?, 2001.
This paper shows different viewpoints and educational concerns about homeschooling.
1,660 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper defines home schooling, explores the issues of quality education between parents and schools, describes what is involved in home schooling, the social aspects of home schooled children, and beliefs expressed by home schooling parents.
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"Recent studies show the amount of Home schooling families is rising annually by 25 percent. According to Jenny Murphy, a staff writer at Speakout.com, ?About 1.5 million U. S. children are being taught at home. That?s about 2 percent of all U.S. school aged children.? Home schooling educators say there are many reasons why Home schooling is becoming popular; however, dissatisfaction with an inadequate school based education is the leading cause. Furthermore, Home schooling educators argue that public and private schools do not focus on religious or moral values, and children in public schools have a lack of positive socialization. Dana Hawkins, a CNN reporter comments, ?In fact, this year?s Florida Education Department Survey found that 61 percent of parents ranked dissatisfaction with the public school environment and instruction as the primary motivation for home schooling topping religion, listed by 21 percent for the second year in a row.? Traditional teachers take on a very different view. They argue that no matter how devoted a parent is to their child?s education, there are certainly some things that a Home school setting cannot provide. For instance, a Home school setting cannot provide a variety of classes that are available at public and private schools, and Home school educators cannot provide the variety of socialization skills and experiences that traditional schools offer. In addition, traditional teachers feel that a Home schooled student?s education may suffer because the appointed educator may not be qualified to teach materials correctly."
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School Choice, 2007.
An argument against school choice.
1,059 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper examines the idea of school choice and explains how it will be detrimental to society as a whole. It explores the historical side of school choice and shows the legal importance of school choice as well as other legal precedents that correlate with school choice. It strongly asserts that a choice in schools does not necessarily guarantee an increase in school quality.
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"Public schools in America are obviously inadequate and doing a poor job of properly educating America's youth. The educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people (Worsnop, 1991). America's schools have been plagued with problems for years. Overworked, under-qualified teachers, and a lack of resources and/or funding are only a few of these problems. Many propose that school choice will be the magical solution to these problems. School choice is a broad term used to describe a wide variety of political, policy, and practical student enrollment options available to parents and the educators and who manage the public school K-12 systems throughout the United States (Cookson, 2004)."
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School Choice: Pro and Con, 2005.
A discussion of the pros and cons of school choice.
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The paper examines the subject of school choice. After quantifying what school choice is, the paper discusses whether this should be accepted by the legislature, by schools and by parents and whether it is the best decision for children. The paper further analyses how it affects the way children learn. A further question of whether school choice will result in needy children or children from minorities being segregated, as this could mean they attend schools with little funding and few opportunities, is addressed.
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"Choice is everywhere in American education" (School Choice Facts). When a person stops to think about school choice, he or she will realize that school choice is quite common to every parent. Parents decide where they want their children to go to school and move into the residential areas where those schools are located (School Choice Facts). Sometimes this means paying high costs of rent, but it is worth it to the parents. Some parents make the decision whether to send their children to private school. This means that parents decide the cost of the private school is worth paying fees, books, and other costs. Some parents decide to home school and mothers often decide not to work so they can teach their children at home. All of these involve school choice. School choice is not new. Different countries have tried programs similar to what the U.S. calls school choice."
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Public/Private Education, 2002.
A discussion of private school education versus public school education.
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This paper examines the primary factors that influence parental choices involving public school education versus private school education such as affordability and quality. It establishes the basic underlying economic factors surrounding this difficult choice and determines whether the demand is strong for private school education. It evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of each type of school and the impact of parental interest in both types of schools on the availability of teaching positions.
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"Public schools possess many advantages for students. In quality school districts, teachers provide many benefits for students geared towards learning and socialization. For example, Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, VA offers Latin, Russian, Japanese, thermodynamics and artificial intelligence, and 153 of the school?s 392 seniors were National Merit Semifinalists in 2000 (Carnahan 172). In contrast, schools in large metropolitan areas are often overcrowded and riddled with crime and as a result, learning is limited. In the United States as a whole, only three in ten students are proficient in science at their grade level (Human Events 16)."
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School Choice, 2002.
Debates the pros and cons of allowing parents to choose the public school that their children will attend.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper presents a research proposal that addresses the question of school choice. School choice could include, but is not limited to, choosing a different public school, choosing to home school, or choosing a private school. The paper uses literature reviews, a study proposal and a general discussion to provide a basis for the belief that such a study is timely and useful. The paper answers several questions including what the impact might be, who would make the choice and how would ability to choose change the allocation of funds structure currently in place.
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"In most districts across the nation school choice is limited to private or public. Most districts have geographic boundaries and limitations that prevent parents from sending their children to the school of their choice and they were instead relegated to schools within their areas and their districts. Recently there has been a public outcry for public school reform and some are pushing for private school vouchers."
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Choice-based Education Reform, 2005.
This paper discusses choice-based education reform designed to ensure that under-privileged individuals receive a good education.
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This paper explains that the most promising systemic educational reform plan involves school choice, a school system that allows parents to select which school their children attend, thus giving parents the freedom to move their children out of ineffective schools while at the same time motivating the ineffective schools to improve. The author stresses that the government should only open the school choice program to families who 1) demonstrate economic need and 2) whose children would be assigned to an inadequate public school. The paper states that an effective educational system based on choice must include religious schools among the choice options.
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The Significance of Education
School Reform Efforts
School Finance Reform
Reform Plans Involving Forms of School Choice
Inter-district Transfer Plans and Controlled Choice
School Choice Systems in Milwaukee and Cleveland
Barriers to Choice-based Education Reform
Legal Obstacles to School Choice
A Pyrrhic Desegregation Policy
Political Barriers to School Reform
Conclusion: Constructing a Feasible School Choice System
Overcoming Legal Barriers
Religious "Choice" Schools
Designing a School Choice System
Targeted Participation
Maximum Number of Available Options
Funding School Choice
The Choice Process
Evaluating a School Choice System
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"Ironically, reform efforts to ensure equal educational opportunity have faced opposition from interests pursuing a strict desegregation enforcement policy. Some of these proponents of a strict desegregation policy have confused the means with the ends in providing for equal education through the desegregation doctrine established in Brown. The reasoning by the Court in "Brown" implied that the purpose of integration was to ensure that racial minorities received an equal educational opportunity: "We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities?" This implies that equal "tangible" factors are necessary elements of an equal educational opportunity."
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Public School Employees and Private Choice, 2005.
This paper discusses whether public school employees can be denied job opportunities or be dismissed because they choose private schooling for their children.
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This paper examines the issue of whether it is legal for public school employees to be dismissed from employment and or denied positions i.e. teaching, administrative etc. simply because their children go to private schools. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that and show though legal proof by citing actual cases that public school employees in the United States cannot be denied positions and or dismissed because their children go to private schools. This paper references court cases and explains the courts reasoning as well as clarifies how the decision was made in favor of the plaintiff.
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"This paper examines the issue of whether it is legal for public school employees to be dismissed from employment and/or denied positions (i.e. teaching, administrative, etc.) simply because their children go to private schools. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that (and show though legal proof by citing actual cases) that public school employees in the United States cannot be denied positions and/or dismissed because their children go to private schools. This paper references court cases and explains the courts reasoning, as well as clarifies how the decision was made in favor of the plaintiff or defendant. The two major cases that support the finding that employees cannot be denied positions and/or dismissed because their children go to private schools are: Barrow v. Greenville Independent School District ... "
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Education- The Rational Choice?, 2006.
This paper examines the rationale behind those who drop out of school and the economic implications.
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In this paper the author examines the rationale behind high school students in America who drop out before graduation. Despite the reports of the higher percentages of students that finish school, the author points out that there are still a large number of students who drop out of school before graduating. He suggests that according to classical economic rationale there must be a valid reason for these students dropping out. In this paper, the author tries to determine the conditions under which this decision makes economic sense and looks at the economic models of education. In conclusion the author states that all the economic models of education he presents, point to the same general conclusion: more education is better and it is a rational choice to continue education. However, the author points out that these models only hold for middle class white students from decent schools. For the poor, he highlights, from the inner city, the models do not hold as the problem is not the decision-making function of the poor it is more the types of jobs available, the dismal state of education, and the general hopelessness of life that leads students to undervalue their futures.
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"The addition of these two components, rate of return and time preference, make this model a much more accurate decision function from which to view the decision to drop out. Rate of return to a high school degree has been studied. "In the United States, each year of education raises earning power by an average of 5-6% with effect tending to rise with the duration of education." (Weale, A Critical Evaluation of Rate of Return Analysis, pp. 729). Weale goes on to conclude that there is actually a point of zero return to education and then a level where extra education actually negatively influences income. This general finding is corroborated specifically for high school levels of educational attainment by Weiss, who finds that "The best estimate was each year of secondary education had roughly a 3.7 percent increase on the previous wage of the workers in that plant." (Weiss, High School Graduation, Performance, and Wages, pp. 807) Certainly, high school levels of education attainment continue to show increasing returns for each additional year beyond the 9th grade. With perfect information, it seems rational to continue one's education."
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Public Choice Theory, 2008.
This paper discusses the issue of public choice theory and urban governance.
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In this article the writer explores public choice theory and the argument that public choice theory provides a thoughtful assessment of what needs to be done if urban governments are to become efficacious and expeditious providers of services to their citizens. The paper briefly outlines the general argument presented by advocates of local government and then provides some of the compelling arguments raised by those who feel public choice theory does not offer a stalwart solution to the problems of local governance. In the end, the writer maintains that while it sounds superficially appealing, public choice theory does not have a lot of empirical data to support many of its key claims.
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"Additionally, public choice theorists argue that municipal governments, because they are monopoly providers, are inefficient insofar as they have little incentive to lower their prices or be innovative. Public choice theorists thus argue that there needs to be a separation between the demand articulation role of government (the collective process whereby it is ascertained how and how much of something will be set aside for public use) and the supplier role of government. Simply put, when governments have to buy services for something, they tend to be exacting in determining the value given for the monies received. All in all, the public choice theorist cleaves to the view that local governance needs to be run as a business - and that government often falls short in its obligations to the general public because it does not separate the provider role and the production role involved in the delivery of a good or service, thereby creating costly inefficiency and waste."
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Home Schooling versus Public Schooling, 2006.
A comparison of home schools and public schools in the United States, the pros and cons.
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This paper shows the balance between the negative and positive aspects of public schools. Similarly, it reflects that home schooling provides an ideal atmosphere for a child under close supervision but has certain limitations too.The biggest advantage the home schools offer is the protection from the violence, sex, drugs and other social ills that is now a common phenomenon in the public schools. The public schools may be infested with serious problems, but they are still indispensable to the intellectual, emotional and psychological growth of young minds. The intellectual growth at homes and social grooming at public schools are shown to be equally important. Both these options provided are shown to provide endless opportunities to learn and grow.
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"Education is most important facet of any society. Educated youth is an asset which contributes to progress, development and evolution of civilization. Human beings are naturally blessed with enormous potentials. Education is the knowledge of putting one's potentials to maximum use. When we think of education, the first thing which comes to our minds is the educational institution or the school. Since centuries, the most common form of getting formal education is through Public Schools. However, it has been observed that in last two to three decades, the Public School education is going down the slope. There are numerous questions raised as to the quality of education being imparted and the illicit extra-curricular activities the students are indulging while attending Public Schools. Parents are now getting apprehensive of sending their children to Public Schools and are forced to think of safe alternatives."
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Public Choice Theory And Indian Economic History, 2004.
Applies the Public Choice Theory and Indian economic history.
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This paper examines the Public Choice Theory and deadweight loss as they apply to Indian economic history.
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"India's economic history has been a case study for economists of the Public Choice Theory school. The maxim held by all free market economists is that people are motivated mainly be their self-interests. Although people often do act based on their concern for other people the basic motive behind a person's actions is typically a concern for their own self. Public Choice theorists take this self interest and ascribe it to the people in power. Public Choice economists believe that people acting in the political marketplace are ..."
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Public Choice Theory, 2002.
A study of the political economy and public choice theory.
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This paper examines the "Public Choice Theory" by James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock, which holds that politicians base their actions on self-interest. The paper illustrates how this theory holds true in the Bush Presidency in his personal financial interest in the oil industry. It also demonstrates that corporations have found it more profitable to influence federal trade policy than other government activities.
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"In 1962, James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock published a book called The Calculus of Consent, which posited an idea that was later to win them a Nobel Prize in Economics. The idea was that of Public Choice Theory, that holds that politicians base their actions on self-interest, and that actors in the economy will seek a political means to meet their ends if it is less expensive than seeing the political environment as a given context and seeking traditional economic recourse for action. This action the authors refer to as rent seeking."
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