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For centuries scholars and policy makers have debated the question of whether assigned government-run public schools have a comparative advantage over schools of choice and private schools in steeping their charges in the civic values necessary for democratic citizenship. This theoretical argument remains largely unresolved at least partly because neither side has had recourse to much empirical evidence to support their claims. As Macedo (2000, 234) states, "The comparative success of different types of schools at teaching civic values is not much studied." That probably was true at the time of his writing. However, recently, a number of rigorous empirical studies of the effects of school choice on civic values have been published, as articles or research reports. It is time to take stock of the evidentiary record surrounding the question of whether or not public schooling better prepares students for their responsibilities as democratic citizens. That is my purpose here. |
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Keywords: School Choice, School Vouchers, Civic Values, Political Tolerance, Social Capital, Voluntarism |
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| Wolf, Patrick. "School Choice and Civic Values: A Review of the Evidence" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65928_index.html> |
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| Wolf, P. J. , 2002-08-28 "School Choice and Civic Values: A Review of the Evidence" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65928_index.html |
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Abstract: For centuries scholars and policy makers have debated the question of whether assigned government-run public schools have a comparative advantage over schools of choice and private schools in steeping their charges in the civic values necessary for democratic citizenship. This theoretical argument remains largely unresolved at least partly because neither side has had recourse to much empirical evidence to support their claims. As Macedo (2000, 234) states, "The comparative success of different types of schools at teaching civic values is not much studied." That probably was true at the time of his writing. However, recently, a number of rigorous empirical studies of the effects of school choice on civic values have been published, as articles or research reports. It is time to take stock of the evidentiary record surrounding the question of whether or not public schooling better prepares students for their responsibilities as democratic citizens. That is my purpose here. |
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| 1 School Choice and Civic Values: A Review of the Evidence Patrick J. Wolf Georgetown University GPPI 3600 N Street NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20007 wolfp@georgetown.edu Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Boston Massachusetts August 29September 2 2002. The author acknowledges the extremely instructive comments of David E. Campbell and Jay P. Greene on an earlier draft of this paper as well as fruitful discussions of the topic by members of the |
| Participation (3 Studies 4 Results) . Parents of students in secular private schools (Smith & Sikkink 1999) . Texas adults with only some private schooling (Greene et al 1999b) . Parents of students in religious private or home schools (Smith and Sikkink 1999) . Latinos (Greene et al 1999a) Political Knowledge (3 Studies 4 Results) .CSF participants (Campbell 2002; Peterson & Campbell 2001) .NonCatholic private & magnet schools (Campbell 2002) . Catholic high schools (Coleman and Hoffer 1987) . |
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