Those with Children in District-Operated Schools
By External Relations, Education Next 12/13/2016
Contact: Jackie Kerstetter: 814-440-2299, jackie.kerstetter@educationnext.org, Education Next
Two National Surveys find Charter-School Parents More Satisfied than Those with Children in District-Operated Schools
Private school parents most satisfied of all
December 6, 2016— Serving about six percent of the U.S. school-age population and with one million other students waitlisted, the charter school sector is the most rapidly growing segment in K-12 education. But little is known about what charter parents think of their children’s schools. Two new studies released by Education Next provide the first analyses of the views of nationally representative samples of parents that compare perceptions of school operations in the charter, private and district-operated sectors. Both studies find that charter parents, on average, are more satisfied with their children’s schools than are district-school parents. However, both charter and district-school parents are less satisfied than private-school parents.
The first study reports the responses to a survey administered by Education Next in May and June of 2016 to a nationally representative sample of 1,519 parents with school-aged children. The second study reports the results of a survey conducted in 2012 by the U.S. Department of Education, which was administered to more than 17,000 households with children in charter, private, assigned district, and chosen district sectors (about nine percent of all district schools). The large sample size permits comparisons of parent satisfaction within race, income, and other categories.
Among the key findings from the Education Next survey:
http://educationnext.org/two-national-surveys-find-charter-school-parents-more-satisfied-than-those-with-children-in-district-operated-schools/
