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Push And Pull: Factors Influencing Parent Motivation And School Choice In A South Carolina School District, Kelli Passmore
Push And Pull: Factors Influencing Parent Motivation And School Choice In A South Carolina School District, Kelli Passmore
Doctor of Education Dissertations
The demand for school choice options is increasing, as is the number of families selecting to educate their children through alternative means, including homeschooling, faith-based schooling, and charter schooling. As both the number of school choice options and the number of families choosing such options increase, the relationship between the two is worth examining. The purpose of this explanatory sequential study was to determine the factors motivating parents to select alternatives to traditional public schools and to find those similarities and differences existing across the three subgroups (homeschooling, faith-based schooling, and charter schooling). The phenomenon was examined through the lenses …