School Choice and School Improvement brings together a collection of exemplary, policy-relevant papers that examine how communities, districts, and states use choice as a strategy for improving schools and student learning. The book includes sophisticated and insightful research on private schools and vouchers; charter schools and traditional public schools; and intradistrict transfer programs, adding depth and perspective to the ongoing debates about school choice options. The authors provide rigorous research and empirical data to answer central policy questions. What is the impact of school choice on student outcomes? In systems that provide school choice, do parents choose to move their children from low-achieving schools to higher-achieving schools? Does school choice result in increased competition among schools? What is the relationship between school choice and racial or ethnic segregation in the schools? The chapters in this volume collectively exemplify the directions in which research on school choice is developing and push the field toward a more systematic and nuanced understanding of the impact of school choice."

Product Description: This yearbook defines and discusses the new spirit of localism in education.Papers explore and describe the new spirit of localism in educationAdvocates a refocus on relationships between schools and local communities in the context of educational objectivesPublished on behalf of the National Society for the Study of Educatio...read more

Product Description: In this updated edition, Sharon Rallis and Ellen Goldring describe and illustrate good school leadership practices, drawing on the authors' case studies and surveys as well as the research of others. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In recent years, school choice, equity, parental involvement, and desegregation have each headlined the national and state education reform agendas. This book offers a unique contribution to current policy debates by blending these often disconnected areas of research to provide a current and intensive analysis of the social and political context of magnet schools...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)