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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),2018,2144SchoolChoiceandCharterSchoolsinReview:WhatHaveWeLearned?LauraGrubeBeloitCollegeDevinAndersonBeloitCollege______________________________________________________AbstractSchoolchoiceandcharterschoolsremaindivisivepolicyissuesintheUnitedStates.Wereviewtheliteraturetodeterminewhatresearchershavelearnedaboutschoolchoice,charterschools,andstudentoutcomes,exploringfivepropositionsthatrepresentkeyargumentsinthedebate.Wefindlittleconsensusintheliterature.Wesuggestthatthislackofconsensusmaybedue,inpart,toempiricalchallengesandtothelargediversitywithinschooltype.______________________________________________________JELCodes:H24,I28Keywords:MiltonFriedman,schoolchoice,charterschoolsI.IntroductionSchoolchoiceisfrontandcenterinthenationaldebateonK12educationintheUnitedStates.SecretaryofEducationBetsyDeVoshasproposedtospendover$1billiontoexpandschoolchoice.DeVoshascriticizedthetraditionalpublicschoolsystem,referringtoitasamonopoly,andhasworkedtoexpandschoolchoiceandcharterschoolsinherhomestateofMichigan(Strauss2017).Criticsofschoolchoicearewaryoftheprivatizationofschoolsandworrythatschoolchoiceandcharterprogramsharmtraditionalpublicschoolsandthechildrenwhoattendthem.Theissueofschoolchoice(andcharterschools)remainshighlypoliticized,witheachsideholdingstronglytoitsviews.GivenseveraldecadesofexperienceTheauthorsthankJimandMargeSangerfortheirsupportoftheSangerSummerResearchProgram,whichmadeourstudypossible.WealsothankCharlesWesterberg,EvelynRoman,BillNew,JarettFields,andFabiolaRamirezfortheirhelpfuldiscussionsontheissuesrelatedtoschoolchoiceandcharterschools.Allremainingerrorsareourown.
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