When Mayors Use School Choice as a Reform Strategy
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| Title: | When Mayors Use School Choice as a Reform Strategy |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Wong, Kenneth K., Shen, Francis X., Pachucki, Lauren M., National Research and Development Center on School Choice |
| Source: | National Research and Development Center on School Choice (NJ1). 2006. |
| Availability: | National Research and Development Center on School Choice. Available from: National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University, Box 459 GPC, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203. Tel: 615-322-8107; Fax: 615-322-8828; Web site: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/schoolchoice |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 49 |
| Publication Date: | 2006 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Public Officials, City Government, School Choice, Politics of Education, Urban Areas, Urban Population, Racial Factors, Educational Change, Charter Schools |
| Geographic Terms: | Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania |
| Abstract: | All political scientists who study education policy start their analysis with a similar premise: "educational reform does not take place in political vacuum." Studies of the politics of school choice have focused primarily on state-level political dynamics. This line of research makes sense since the charter school market is initially created and subsequently altered by the state legislature. In this paper, however, the authors break from this trend and focus their attention on "local" government and the politics of school choice. Specifically, they examine the relationship between school choice and big city mayors. Their preliminary analysis finds that mayoral positions on school choice is influenced not only the existing legislation governing school choice in their city, but also by their city's size and racial composition. (Contains 5 tables and 65 footnotes.) |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Number of References: | 47 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Accession Number: | ED509593 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | All political scientists who study education policy start their analysis with a similar premise: "educational reform does not take place in political vacuum." Studies of the politics of school choice have focused primarily on state-level political dynamics. This line of research makes sense since the charter school market is initially created and subsequently altered by the state legislature. In this paper, however, the authors break from this trend and focus their attention on "local" government and the politics of school choice. Specifically, they examine the relationship between school choice and big city mayors. Their preliminary analysis finds that mayoral positions on school choice is influenced not only the existing legislation governing school choice in their city, but also by their city's size and racial composition. (Contains 5 tables and 65 footnotes.) |
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