Research Into America's School Choice System

School choice in elementary and secondary education is the issue that many people pay close attention to in the educational circles of our country. Ardent controversies have been carried out in the society and the academia. As opinions vary, there isn't a verdict yet by now. The action of school choice is more and more popular, the echo of the society is also becoming more and more larger. For the sake of looking for the solution to the problem, the author cast a sight on the USA. The system of school choice in the USA has existed for many years, and accumulated abundant experience. This dissertation tries to understand America's school choice system thoroughly, and understand our country's phenomenon of school choice and compare the two, and try to use the experience of America's school choice system for reference.The dissertation includes 6 parts besides the preface and the conclusion.Part One introduces the history of America's school choice system. The author divides the developmental course of America's school choice system into three periods. The first period is the embryonic period (from around the USA was found to the middle of the 1960s), the second period is the initial period (from the middle of the 1960s to the end of the 1980s), and the third is the flourishing period (from the end of the 1980s to this day).Part Two analyzes the backgrounds of the America's school choice system. In this part, the author analyzes the five backgrounds: the political background, the economic background, the cultural background, the educational background and the theoretical background.Part Three introduces and analyzes the America's school choice system. The dissertation divides the America's school choice system into two parts. The first part is "the schools that can be selected", including the public schools (charter schools and magnet schools), the private schools and the home schools. The second part is "the correlative regulation of school choice", including the educational voucher, private management education Inc., tax credit and open enrollment, etc.Part Four evaluates the America's school choice system. Firstly, the authorsums up the result of the America's school choice system; secondly, introduces the controversies about school choice; thirdly, sums up the influence of the America's school choice system; and lastly, the author sets forth his personal stand: the steadfast supporter of the America's school choice system..Part Five analyzes the phenomenon of our country's school choice, and then compares the differences of school choice between the two countries.Part Six analyzes the experience for reference of "the schools that can be selected" and "the correlative regulation of school choice", and then puts forward some points of view which are educed from the America's school choice system.