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Charter schools, equity and efficiency in public education

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  • Reynaldo Fernandes
  • Naercio Menezes-Filho

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The central argument of the article is that charter schools operate as a mechanism to circumvent the institutional constraints imposed on the public manager and thus restore the ‘market’ equilibrium in which all students have the same purchasing power. This changes the mechanisms of hiring and allocating teachers, making the system more equitable and, under certain conditions, improving students’ performance. The ‘market’ mechanism works to equalize the performance of different types of schools and, therefore, the difference in test scores between charters and traditional public schools may not be a good criterion for evaluating the impact of the charter schools.

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  • Reynaldo Fernandes & Naercio Menezes-Filho, 2020. "Charter schools, equity and efficiency in public education," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(3), pages 275-290, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:28:y:2020:i:3:p:275-290
    DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2020.1725959
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    1. Simoyama, Felipe de Oliveira & Sarti, Flávia Mori & Battisti, Mario Cesar Guimarães, 2022. "Effects of disclosing inspection scores of health facilities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    2. Sebhatu, Abiel & Wennberg, Karl & Lakomaa, Erik & Brandén, Maria, 2021. "More Schools, Less Trouble? Competition and Schools’ Work Environment, Sweden 1999–2011," Working Papers 21/1, Stockholm School of Economics, Center for Educational Leadership and Excellence.

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