School choice is beginning to become a big part of the school communities. Before writing this paper I had absolutely no idea what school choice was. I now have the knowledge to understand that it is a big part in a teacher’s life. School choice is a bunch of “programs offering students and their families alternatives to publicly provided schools, to which students are generally assigned by the location of their family residence” (King, 2005, 357).
In the U.S. there is three common programs of school choice: charter schools, vouchers, and open enrollment. According to King (2005) “charter schools are publicly funded, privately run schools providing a viable alternative for parents and students who are unsatisfied with the traditional public …show more content…
Different schooling programs had different effects on the student’s education. “For instance, private schools may generate better performance by requiring greater effort from the students and exerting more pressure upon them” (Green, 2014, 140). Poor-income families are able to choose schools that can help poverty kids still achieve a proper education. “Private schools that serve the poor, such as higher academic standards, increased homework, more parental involvement, and a greater emphasis on order and discipline” (Ognibene & Shay, 2000, 477). Private and public schools typically have different test scores. “One way in which private schools may, in practice, improve test score performance is by requiring greater effort from, and exerting more pressure on, students” (Green, 2014, 140). School choice provides for completion. Research proves that choice advocates competition to force institutional improvement (Ognibene & Shay, 2000). This choice of schooling can also have a negative effect on students. Students may begin to feel the pressure and although greater test scores improve educational performance it can reduce student’s well being. Research shows that although private schooling has a better educational performance than public schooling, private schooling is associated with a lower satisfaction of school. This being the case “it is unfair to compare public schools that were required to enroll everyone with private schools” (Ognibene & Shay, 2000, 478). Some students that participated in school choice brought along many cognitive deficits and limited English proficiency of other students in the school (Ognibene & Shay, 2000). “Third grade reading scores in the 1998 dropped six percentage points below 1997 levels; that is, 47% of Griffen third graders were reading at the third-grade level, down from 54% in 1997” (Ognibene & Shay, 2000, 482). The test scores of students who
In the U.S. there is three common programs of school choice: charter schools, vouchers, and open enrollment. According to King (2005) “charter schools are publicly funded, privately run schools providing a viable alternative for parents and students who are unsatisfied with the traditional public …show more content…
Different schooling programs had different effects on the student’s education. “For instance, private schools may generate better performance by requiring greater effort from the students and exerting more pressure upon them” (Green, 2014, 140). Poor-income families are able to choose schools that can help poverty kids still achieve a proper education. “Private schools that serve the poor, such as higher academic standards, increased homework, more parental involvement, and a greater emphasis on order and discipline” (Ognibene & Shay, 2000, 477). Private and public schools typically have different test scores. “One way in which private schools may, in practice, improve test score performance is by requiring greater effort from, and exerting more pressure on, students” (Green, 2014, 140). School choice provides for completion. Research proves that choice advocates competition to force institutional improvement (Ognibene & Shay, 2000). This choice of schooling can also have a negative effect on students. Students may begin to feel the pressure and although greater test scores improve educational performance it can reduce student’s well being. Research shows that although private schooling has a better educational performance than public schooling, private schooling is associated with a lower satisfaction of school. This being the case “it is unfair to compare public schools that were required to enroll everyone with private schools” (Ognibene & Shay, 2000, 478). Some students that participated in school choice brought along many cognitive deficits and limited English proficiency of other students in the school (Ognibene & Shay, 2000). “Third grade reading scores in the 1998 dropped six percentage points below 1997 levels; that is, 47% of Griffen third graders were reading at the third-grade level, down from 54% in 1997” (Ognibene & Shay, 2000, 482). The test scores of students who