Parents, Homevoters, and Public School Employees: An Analysis of Voting Patterns in the 2012 Georgia Charter Schools Amendment Referendum

Autor/inn/en	Conaway, Brooke; Scafidi, Benjamin; Stephenson, E. F.
Titel	Parents, Homevoters, and Public School Employees: An Analysis of Voting Patterns in the 2012 Georgia Charter Schools Amendment Referendum
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 10 (2016) 2, S.249-269 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
DOI	10.1080/15582159.2016.1157782
Schlagwörter	Voting; Charter Schools; State Legislation; Correlation; Political Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; School Choice; School Districts; Counties; Private Schools; Low Achievement; Public Schools; Ownership; Real Estate; Employment; Educational Vouchers; Least Squares Statistics; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abstimmung; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Landesrecht; Korrelation; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Elternverhalten; Choice of school; Schulwahl; School district; Schulbezirk; Private school; Privatschule; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Eigentum; Grundstück; Dienstverhältnis; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein
Abstract	Georgia's 2012 Charter Schools Amendment was the first successful statewide school choice referendum in the United States. This amendment permitted the state to authorize new charter schools, thereby creating a way for charter creators to bypass local school boards. This study analyzes voting on this state constitutional amendment and finds that support was higher among counties with lower achieving public schools, more school-aged children, more adults having college degrees, more private school enrollment, more homeowners, and lower public school employment. There was also a positive correlation between Democratic voters and support for the amendment--this result differs from previous research and the heavily Republican legislative vote authorizing the public referendum. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01