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Choice, Empowerment, and Involvement: What Satisfies Parents?

1993; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 15; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3102/01623737015004396

1935-1062

Ellen Goldring, Rina Shapira,

Early Childhood Education and Development

School choice advocates maintain that parents who choose their schools will be satisfied with those schools. This study examines the nature of the interrelationships between parents’ satisfaction with public schools of choice and (a) parents’ empowerment, (b) parental involvement, and (c) the congruence between what parents expected of the school when deciding to enroll their child and the actual school program. Findings from a study of school choice in Israel reveal that socioeconomic status is a major factor in understanding the relationships between parent satisfaction and choice.