Alternative Schooling and School Choice (Osborne, Russo, and Cattaro)

Through my research for solutions to my problem, I came across the book “Alternative Schooling and School Choice, by  Allan Osborne, Charles Russo, and Gerald Cattaro. This book highlights everything from private, public, and charter schools to homeschooling and year round schools, and the issues each type of school may have, as well as solutions to these problems.

One of the solutions this book provided was stating that private schools may enhance student achievement, and if public schools were modeled like private schools, they would be more successful as well. I believe this has some truth in it, because private schools have proven greater success rates. On the other hand, I don’t believe all public schools should accept the strict rules and guidelines some private schools hold, and I do not believe they would benefit from them.

This book also discussed single-sex classes and if they address the needs of elementary and secondary students, and if they were the possible solution to the school crisis in America. They came to the conclusion that these classes do not enhance learning, and that schools may reach success if they stopped worrying about who is in each class, and started facing the problems they encounter by trying to find solutions for them.

 

Resources

Osborne, Allan G., Charles J. Russo, and Gerald M. Cattaro. Alternative Schooling and School        Choice. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2012. Print.