Choosing Better Schools: The Five Regional Meetings on Choice in Education

摘要

Five regional strategy meetings on educational choice, brought together many whoare currently administering, or are considering, school choice and school-based management programs. The participants represented a broad cross-section of U.S. educators and policy makers. The meetings gave public hearing to educational empowerment success stories and allowed individuals to voice their support and concerns about the issue. What follows in the report is a short synopsis of those meetings, with an emphasis on the dialogue of the students, parents, educators, policy makers and elected officials who participated. Since the regional meetings, the Department of Education has continued to encourage states to enact legislation allowing for more local control and greater parental participation.