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Town Tuitioning in Maine: Parental Choice of Secondary Schools in Rural Communities

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    Town Tuitioning in Maine: Parental Choice of Secondary Schools in Rural Communities

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This paper describes the practice of town tuitioning in Maine, including its historical development and current patterns by region and school type. It argues that town tuitioning provides substantial numbers of rural high school students and their parents with opportunities to choose high schools, and explores that possible implications ofthis traditional practice for the current educationalpolicy debates overparental choice of school.

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Maddaus, J., (1991) “Town Tuitioning in Maine: Parental Choice of Secondary Schools in Rural Communities”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 8(1), 27–40.

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1991-12-21

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