Do self-interested schooling selections improve society? A review of the evidence

CA DeAngelis - School Choice: Separating Fact from Fiction, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
I review the literature that quantifies the effects of private school choice programs on three
important civic outcomes for students in the United States: tolerance, civic engagement, and …

Divergences between effects on test scores and effects on non-cognitive skills

CA DeAngelis - Educational Review, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Students' abilities are multidimensional; teachers and schools shape students' cognitive
skills, most often captured by test scores, but they also shape students' non-cognitive skills …

Social returns to private choice? Effects of charter schools on behavioral outcomes, arrests, and civic participation

A McEachin, DL Lauen, SC Fuller, RM Perera - Economics of Education …, 2020 - Elsevier
The vast majority of literature on school choice, and charter schools in particular, focus on
attending an elementary or middle school grades and often focus on test scores or other …

Does regulation induce homogenisation? An analysis of three voucher programmes in the United States

CA DeAngelis, L Burke - Educational Research and Evaluation, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We examine whether voucher programme regulation reduces private school specialisation
in the US. We employ school-and-year fixed-effects regression and examine individual …

The Public Purposes of Private Education: a Civic Outcomes Meta-Analysis

MD Shakeel, PJ Wolf, AH Johnson, MA Harris… - Educational Psychology …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Since Plato and Aristotle, political theorists have discussed the important role of
education in forming democratic citizens. They disagree, however, over whether public or …

The effect of private school vouchers on political participation: Experimental evidence from New York City

D Carlson, MM Chingos… - Journal of Research on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In 1997, the New York School Choice Scholarships Foundation Program
(SCSF) randomly offered three-year scholarships to attend private schools to approximately …

Will democracy endure private school choice? The effect of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program on adult voting behavior

C DeAngelis, P Wolf - 2018 - papers.ssrn.com
We employ probit regression analysis to compare the adult voting activity of students who
participated in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) to their matched public …

Does Private School Choice Threaten Democracy? Evidence from Private and Public Schools in New York City and Dallas/Fort Worth

DL Daniels, PJ Wolf - Education Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
A major concern in the ongoing debate over school choice is whether private schools help to
increase their students' levels of tolerance necessary for a functioning democracy in the …

Can I choose to have grit? Non-cognitive skills, behavior, and school choice

M Nichols - School Choice: Separating Fact from Fiction, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
With the introduction of school choice as a viable option of school reform, researchers have
begun to look beyond academic achievement to the effects of choice on alternative …

Private schooling promotes political and economic freedom? An international fixed effects instrumental variables analysis

CA DeAngelis, MD Shakeel - School Effectiveness and School …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Specialised learning environments provided through private schooling may increase
educational quality, which may increase the likelihood that citizens will pursue human rights …