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Winter 2018

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 33, Number 4

School Choice and Charter Schools in Review: What Have We Learned?

Laura Grube, Beloit College

Devin Anderson, Beloit College

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise33(4),2018,21–44SchoolChoiceandCharterSchoolsinReview:WhatHaveWeLearned?LauraGrube∗BeloitCollegeDevinAndersonBeloitCollege______________________________________________________AbstractSchoolchoiceandcharterschoolsremaindivisivepolicyissuesintheUnitedStates.Wereviewtheliteraturetodeterminewhatresearchershavelearnedaboutschoolchoice,charterschools,andstudentoutcomes,exploringfivepropositionsthatrepresentkeyargumentsinthedebate.Wefindlittleconsensusintheliterature.Wesuggestthatthislackofconsensusmaybedue,inpart,toempiricalchallengesandtothelargediversitywithinschooltype.______________________________________________________JELCodes:H24,I28Keywords:MiltonFriedman,schoolchoice,charterschoolsI.IntroductionSchoolchoiceisfrontandcenterinthenationaldebateonK–12educationintheUnitedStates.SecretaryofEducationBetsyDeVoshasproposedtospendover$1billiontoexpandschoolchoice.DeVoshascriticizedthetraditionalpublicschoolsystem,referringtoitasamonopoly,andhasworkedtoexpandschoolchoiceandcharterschoolsinherhomestateofMichigan(Strauss2017).Criticsofschoolchoicearewaryoftheprivatizationofschoolsandworrythatschoolchoiceandcharterprogramsharmtraditionalpublicschoolsandthechildrenwhoattendthem.Theissueofschoolchoice(andcharterschools)remainshighlypoliticized,witheachsideholdingstronglytoitsviews.Givenseveraldecadesofexperience∗TheauthorsthankJimandMargeSangerfortheirsupportoftheSangerSummerResearchProgram,whichmadeourstudypossible.WealsothankCharlesWesterberg,EvelynRoman,BillNew,JarettFields,andFabiolaRamirezfortheirhelpfuldiscussionsontheissuesrelatedtoschoolchoiceandcharterschools.Allremainingerrorsareourown.

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Title	School Choice and Charter Schools in Review: What Have We Learned?
Authors/Creators:	Laura Grube, Beloit College Devin Anderson, Beloit College
Year:	2018
Volume:	33
Number:	4
Pages:	21 - 44
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Milton Friedman, school choice, charter schools

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Grube, Laura; Anderson, Devin / 2018. "School Choice and Charter Schools in Review: What Have We Learned?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 33(4): 21-44.