Does the amount of school choice matter for student engagement?

Abstract

School choice may increase student engagement by enabling students to attend schools that more closely match their needs and preferences. But this effect on engagement may depend on the characteristics of the choices available. Therefore, we consider how the amount of educational choice of different types in a local educational marketplace affects student engagement using a large, national population of 8th grade students. We find that more choice of regular public schools in the elementary and middle school years is associated with a lower likelihood that students will be severely disengaged in eighth grade, and more choices of public schools of choice has a similar effect but only in urban areas. In contrast, more private sector choice does not have such a general beneficial effect.

An Analysis of Individual and Contextual-Level Disparities in Screening, Treatment, and Outcomes for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

“… 103 An additional strategy to improve the education of individuals might be through the implementation of School Choice programs where parents can send their students to a school system with higher quality education. 104 , 105 With better education, improved employment can be secured, and health insurance can be attained. 106 …”

“…103 An additional strategy to improve the education of individuals might be through the implementation of School Choice programs where parents can send their students to a school system with higher quality education. 104,105 With better education, improved employment can be secured, and health insurance can be attained. 106 While the effects of poor school systems on future healthcare have previously been discussed, the effect of lost learning from the COVID-19 pandemic are not yet understood.…”

Risking and Securing Out of School Children: Parents’ Perspective in a Semi-Urban Community

“…Children's interest in any field influences their future goals and the inclination towards the desired goals (Chung, 2013). Due to inflation and less job opportunities the choice and liking for educational development is very low (Vaughn & Witko, 2013) children were motivated towards skill enhancement and vocational education which will return back the efforts in short time. According to the Leung et al, (2014) children's interest towards their future goals has very strong relationships (Mendolia & Walker, 2014;Yang & Chang, 2009).…”

Spatial and socio-demographic determinants of South East Queensland students’ school cycling

“…Key factors in school choice include school profiles and allied school curriculum, school proximity, and school administration (Müller et al, 2008;Wilson et al, 2010). The choice of more distant schools, though rendering possible negative connotations for school travel mode choices, is sometimes based on the goal of boosting student achievement, which may partially be attributed to better student integration within schools of their choice (Vaughn and Witko, 2013). Therefore school choices are likely motivated by many factors other than the potential active school travel benefits, particularly in car dominated societies.…”

“…The predominant research focus of student school selection has been the scrutiny of its relationship with academic performances (Cullen et al, 2005); student engagement (Vaughn and Witko, 2013) and the economic stimuli of the quality of schools on property values (Fack and Grenet, 2010;Schwartz et al, 2014). Students' choice of schools through lengthened travel distances associated with the selection of non-neighbourhood schools has further been found to impact travel mode choices (Marique et al, 2013;Wilson et al, 2010;Yang et al, 2012).…”