School choice snippets

Recent school choice and private education related stories from around the world are below.

Private school not just for rich kids, survey finds

A survey has dispelled the myth that private school education is only for the wealthy.

Half of the Australian parents with children in private schools find paying the fees a financial strain, and one in 10 families spend more than half their take-home pay on their children’s education.

The Sydney Morning Herald story is at this web page.

School choice linked to equality in international report

The extra school choice that public funding of private education creates is associated with a reduced dependence on socio-economic status for a school's achievement, according to a report released by the OECD recently.

The report provides new evidence on how accountability, autonomy and choice are related to equality of opportunity.

'School accountability, autonomy, choice, and the equity of student achievement: international evidence from PISA 2003' is at online as a PDF document.

French president backs proposal for school vouchers

President Nicolas Sarkozy is backing a report that calls for school vouchers, scrapping catchment areas and promoting competition, the Financial Times has reported.

A Financial Times story on the Atali commission report is at this web page.

United States voucher schemes rated on Friedman standards

How United States school voucher schemes rate against Milton Friedman's Choice for All Gold Standard, which is based on student purchasing power, student restrictions and school restrictions, is highlighted in a new report.

Further information is at this web page.