“Parental Choice in the Netherlands: Growing Concerns about Segregation”The National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Columbia University has published this paper: 182. Parental Choice in the Netherlands: Growing Concerns about Segregation. 2009 The Netherlands has a long history of parental choice and school autonomy. This paper examines why segregation by educational disadvantage has only recently emerged as a policy issue in the Netherlands. In addition, we document the levels and trends of school segregation in Dutch cities. We find segregation levels that are high both absolutely and relative to those in the U.S. cities. Current efforts to limit segregation in Dutch cities inevitably confront the deeply held Dutch value of freedom of education.
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