Multiple Choice: How Public School Leaders in New Orleans’ Saturated Market View Private School Competitors - Abstract, Keywords, and Introduction

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School choice policies, including charter schools and vouchers, are designed to induce competition between schools. While research has assessed how private school competition affects public school outcomes, little work has examined how school leaders perceive private competitors. This study analyzes New Orleans public school leaders’ perceptions of competition with private schools within a robust public choice system, and identifies predictors of such perceived competition. Results show over half of principals reported competing for students, but competitor counts varied widely, and voucher policy effects were limited.

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A peer-reviewed, independent, open access, multilingual journal | | | --- | --- | | Arizona State University | | | Volume 24 Number 94 September 19 , 2016 ISSN 1068-2341 | | Multiple Choice: How Public School Leaders in New Orleans’ Saturated Market View Private School Competitors Huriya Jabbar & DongmeiM. Li The University of Texas at Austin United States Citation: Jabbar, H., & Li, D. M. (2016) . Multiple choice: How public school leaders in New Orleans’ saturated market view private school competitors. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(94) . [http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.24.2382](http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.24.2382) Abstract: School choice policies, such as charter schools and vouchers, are in part designed to induce competition between schools. While several studies have examined the impact of private school competition on public schools, few studies have explored school leaders’ perceptions of private school competitors. This study examines the extent to which public school leaders in New Orleans, which already has a robust public school choice system, perceived competition with private schools, and the characteristics that predicted competition between the two types of schools. We find that while over half of principals reported competing with private schools for students, there was a wide range of the number and percentage of possible competitors reported. Furthermore, the results suggest that school voucher policies did not play a major role in influencing why schools competed with private schools. In addition, public school leaders who did lose students to private schools through the voucher program reported that they often recouped those losses, when parents returned to public schools unsatisfied or facing additional unexpected costs. Keywords: charter schools; private schools; voucher; competition; New Orleans La opción múltiple: Como líderes de escuelas públicas compiten con el mercado saturado de escuelas privadas en Nuevo Orleans Resumen: La política de elegir escuelas, como escuelas charter y becas para ir a escuelasprivadas o vouchers, existen para causar competencia entre escuelas. Aunque muchosestudios has examinado el impacto de la competencia de escuelas privadas en las escuelaspúblicas, muy pocos estudios han explorado las perspectivas de los líderes en educación sobre la competencia de escuelas privadas. Este estudio examina el alcance al cual líderes de escuelas públicas en Nuevo Orleans, cual ya tienen una gran ventaja en la elección de escuelas públicas, como ellos divisan las características entre la competencia de estos dos tipos de escuelas. Mientras la mitad de los directores de escuelas reportaron competencia entre escuelas privadas para estudiantes, encontramos un gran número de competidores reportados. Además, los resultados sugieren que las policías de becas para escuelasprivadas no influencian la manera en la cual escuelas privadas compiten. También, los líderes de escuelas públicas que pierden estudiantes porque existen los programas de becaspara escuelas privadas reportaron que con el tiempo recuperan estudiantes, después de que los padres regresan sus niños insatisfechos porque las becas no cuben todos costos adicionales inesperados. Palabras-clave: charter schools; escuelas privadas, becas, competicion, Nuevo Orleans Múltipla escolha: Como líderes de escolas públicas veem escolas privadas como competidores em um mercado saturado de Nova Orleans Resumo: Políticas de escolha da escola, tais como escolas privilegiadas e "vouchers", estão, em parte, concebido para induzir a concorrência entre as escolas. Embora vários estudostêm examinado o impacto da concorrência de escola privada sobre escolas públicas, poucosestudos exploraram a percepção de líderes escolares em escola s particulares concorrentes. Este estudo examina a medida em que os líderes da escola pública em Nova Orleans, que já tem um sistema de esco

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What is the study’s main goal regarding private school competitors?

To examine how public school leaders in New Orleans perceive private school competitors and which characteristics predict perceived competition.

How many principals reported competing with private schools?

More than half of the principals reported competing with private schools for students, though the number and share of potential competitors varied widely.

Do voucher policies strongly influence why schools compete with private schools?

The results suggest voucher policies did not play a major role in influencing the reasons public schools competed with private schools.

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