PARENT INVOLVEMENT AND SCHOOL CHOICE - EXIT AND VOICE IN PUBLIC-SCHOOLS

This study applies Hirschman's concepts of satisfaction, voice, and va luing product quality to study parents' attitudes toward three forms o f school choice: intradistrict options, interdistrict transfers, and p ublic/private school vouchers. Findings reveal three different pattern s: Parents who are more likely to participate in intradistrict options have more opportunities to express voice and invest mope in education al quality Parents who are more likely to use vouchers also have more opportunities to exercise voice and invest in educational qualify, but they are also less satisfied And parents who are more likely to seek interdistrict transfers are simply, less satisfied with their children 's schools.