To reform the elementary and secondary school education system, the United States (US) has tried to break the monopoly of government-run schools. To achieve this goal, various educational reforms including the school voucher programme have been implemented. The aim of this study is to highlight the problems with the school voucher programme and to suggest ways it can be improved by examining the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Programme (CSTP) in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) which is one of the worst cases in the district. According to the findings of this case study, the school voucher programme works well if the private schools participating in the programme provide a better-quality education than the public schools. The results also show that it is not enough to simply focus on providing high-quality academic programmes to voucher students by expanding their school choice opportunities, regardless of whether this is a public or private school, if the families of the voucher students cannot provide sufficient support for them. This is because where there is sufficient support from families it has a positive influence on the academic performance of their children.
I. Introduction
II. The Logic of the Case Study
III. The Status of Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Ⅳ. The School Voucher Programme of Cleveland Metropolitan District
V. Findings from the CTSD Case
VI. Conclusion and Discussion
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