Toronto: A new global city of learning by Daniel Hamlin, Scott Davies

“…To interpret this paradox, we discuss: (1) how Toronto is a node in a global education policy network, particularly as an exporter of equity-oriented reforms; (2) how the city's own school system reflects ongoing tensions between forward-looking ideals and its own historical legacies; and (3) how goals of integration are being challenged by new pressures for educational differentiation, which are themselves driven by competing conceptions of multiculturalism and movements for school choice.…”
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Míra meziškolní mobility žáků základních škol v Česku by Dominik Dvořák, Petr Meyer, Silvie R. Kučerová

“…On the other hand, school mobility can also serve the school choice. Despite that, data on mobility rate in Czech education have not been available yet. …”
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Measuring Difficulties in Choosing an Upper Secondary School: Validating of the Parental Expectations, Confusion, Anxiety and Suitability Scale (PeCAS Scale) by Diego Boerchi

“…This study was aimed to develop a new questionnaire, on school choice difficulties, with a limited number of items and scales to make it suitable both for pre-screening on large numbers of students and studies which use batteries of many tests. …”
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Entrepreneurial Ambitions in the Public Sector by Linda A. Renzulli

“…It is shown that school districts in need of school choice do have a higher mean charter school submission rate. …”
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The Risks of Social Reproduction: the middle class and education markets by Stephen J. Ball

“…Focusing on middle class families and the 'risks' of school choice some key features of the 'prudentialist' risk management regime extant in the UK are examined. …”
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Les green schools, opportunité contre la ségrégation ou marchandisation du développement durable ? L’exemple du nouvel East Side de Baltimore by Stéphanie Baffico

“…In a context of school reforms based on school choice and the increased commodification of education in the United States of America since 2000, the purpose of this article is to analyze the stakes of the educative reform integrating sustainable development, which is part of the urban rehabilitation through school of the Afro-American ghettos. …”
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High autonomy and low accountability: Case study of five Czech schools by Dominik Dvořák, Petr Urbánek, Karel Starý

“…Next, the research design is briefly described and the qualitative data on the effects of school choice and curriculum autonomy / decentralisation are presented. …”
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Does school admission by zoning affect educational inequality? A study of family background effect in Estonia, Finland, and Sweden by Põder, K, Lauri, T, Veski, A

“…We indicate the size of family background effects in Sweden, Finland, and Estonia – countries that differ in both the rhetoric and extensiveness of the system-level school choice policies. Family background effect is defined as the dependence of student achievement on family background characteristics, such as parental education, income, and social status. …”

The resegregation of schools : education and race in the twenty-first century / by Donnor, Jamel K., Dixson, Adrienne D.

Donald Trump and Institutional Change Strategies by Jordan T. Cash, Dave Bridge

“…In the case of Trump, we highlight: shifting of decision-making authority via insurrectionary displacement; the elimination of the individual mandate via subversive layering; a change in drone use policy via opportunistic conversion; and a gradual desensitization and change in school choice education policy via symbiotic drift. We conclude by offering lessons for all three literatures we incorporate, as well as a way forward for studying a presidential administration that many find difficult to analyze.…”
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Stable project allocation under distributional constraints by Kolos Csaba Ágoston, Péter Biró, Richárd Szántó

“…Our approach can be useful in a variety of different applications, such as resident allocation with lower quotas, controlled school choice or college admissions with affirmative action. …”
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Digital transformation in Swedish schools – Principals’ strategic leadership and organisation of tablet-based one-to-one computing initiatives by Eva Mårell-Olsson, Peter Bergström

“…The findings show that marketisation of schools (e.g. the school-choice reform) in combination with the annual presentation of national rankings have had an impact on the financial situations of schools because they receive a voucher for every attending pupil. …”
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Making Up for an Unlucky Month of Birth in School: Causal Evidence on the Compensatory Advantage of Family Background in England by Fabrizio Bernardi, Michael Grätz

“…With respect to the mechanisms underlying this compensatory effect, we find no strong mediating role for parental involvement in homework and private lessons or for school choice.…”
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Through the Eyes of Novice Teachers: Experiences with Professional Cultures Within and Outside of Neoliberal “No-Excuses” Charter Schools by William Waychunas

“… As neoliberal education reforms spread globally, including the development of school choice pathways that create different types of schools, a reexamination of teacher professionalism may be in order. …”
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Lotteries in Student Assignment: An Equivalence Result by Pathak, Parag, Sethuraman, Jay

“…These mechanisms generalize widely studied mechanisms for the house allocation problem and may be appropriate for the many-to-one setting such as the school choice problem.…”
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The impact of parental aspirations on private school enrolment: evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India by Galab, S, Vennam, U, Komanduri, A, Benny, L, Georgiadis, A

“…<p>This paper presents an analysis of the role of parental aspirations in determining private school choice in Andhra Pradesh, using quantitative and qualitative data from the Young Lives cohort study over two rounds. …”

Madrasah for girls and private school for boys? The determinants of school type choice in rural and urban Indonesia by Asadullah, M. Niaz, Maliki, -

“…However the presence of a “girl effect” in madrasah enrolment independent of household income and location factors is puzzling and underscores the need to better understand the socio-cultural determinants of school choice in Indonesia.…”

Chinese parents' preference for private secondary school in Sandakan by Koh Kia Hau

“…The study also examines the main criterion of Chinese parents in Sandakan for sending their children to a certain secondary school and the relation of some demographic factors of the Chinese parents with the school choice perception. The population is consisted 300 Chinese parents or guardians of the children in a private secondary school. …”
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Swedish School Results, Student Background, Competition and Efficiency by Christophe André, Jon Pareliussen, Hyunjeong Hwang

“…These results call for better targeting resources towards supporting the pupils most in need and steering competition and school choice so that they benefit pupils from all socio-economic groups equally.…”
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THE INFLUENCE OF PROMOTIONS, PRODUCTS AND COSTS OF EDUCATION ON THE DECISION TO CHOOSE SCHOOL by khoirul anwar, suyitno suyitno, umi nur afifah, Imriani Idrus, Sri Rahayu

“…This study aims to analyze the effect of promotions, products, and education costs on decision-making to choose a school, but also to find out which variables have more dominant factors in making school-choice decisions. This study uses quantitative research where the data used are numbers that are processed using SPSS 25. …”
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