ERIC Number: EJ1236449
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1558-2159
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Rural Communities Lacking Multi-Sector Schooling Options: Indiana's School Choice Deserts
Journal of School Choice, v13 n4 p576-598 2019
Despite Indiana's school choice landscape -- including private school vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, inter-district and intra-district enrollment, magnet schools, and charter schools -- not all Indiana communities have reasonable access to options outside of their traditional public schools. This research explores what lack-of-reasonable access differences -- defined as greater than a 30-minute one-way drive time to a choice school -- exist by locale, with a focus on rural communities. Geospatial analysis is used to identify "school choice deserts" lacking multi-sector schooling options in various communities. These deserts tend to exist wholly or mostly in rural areas, although Indiana students in grades K-8 exhibit greater access levels to non-traditional schools than those in high school.
Descriptors: Rural Areas, School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Private Schools, Scholarships, Charter Schools, Access to Education, School Location, Proximity, Nontraditional Education, Magnet Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Maps, High Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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