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作者

来源

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW,Vol.55,Issue3,P.703-742

语言

英文

关键字

school takeover; school turnaround; politics of education; education policy; state takeover; ADVOCACY COALITION FRAMEWORK; CHARTER SCHOOL POLICY; ACCOUNTABILITY; PHILANTHROPY; UNDERSTAND; BELIEFS; REFORM

作者单位

[Welsh, Richard O.; Williams, Sheneka] Univ Georgia, Educ Adm & Policy, Athens, GA 30602 USA. [Little, Shafiqua; Graham, Jerome] Univ Georgia, Educ Adm & Policy Dept, Athens, GA 30602 USA. Welsh, RO (reprint author), Univ Georgia, Coll Educ, 850 Coll Stn Rd,327 Rivers Crossing, Athens, GA 30605 USA. E-Mail: rowelsh@uga.edu

摘要

A growing number of states are using state-run school districts to take over and improve persistently underperforming schools. This article uses Georgia to examine the politics of state takeover. We analyze the supporting and opposing coalitions as well as the alignment between state takeover and charter schools in the campaign for the constitutional amendment to create a statewide turnaround district. Our findings show that corporate interests, the governor, and nonprofit organizations supported state takeover, whereas educators, parents, and community organizations opposed state takeover. There was bipartisan support across coalitions and a crisscrossing of interests regarding local control and the path to school improvement. There are divergent views on charter schools, with supporters of state takeover favoring charter schools.