Demystifying Goliath: An Examination of the Political Compass of Education Reform

Autor/in	Kingsbury, Ian
Titel	Demystifying Goliath: An Examination of the Political Compass of Education Reform
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 16 (2022) 2, S.258-274 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
DOI	10.1080/15582159.2021.2004491
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; School Choice; Political Attitudes; Educational Policy; Politics of Education; Philanthropic Foundations; Educational Finance; Policy Analysis; Educational Research; Decision Making; Privatization; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational policy; Philanthropismus; Bildungsfonds; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Privatisation; Privatisierung
Abstract	There are competing popular beliefs about whether education reform is a fundamentally bipartisan or conservative movement. Yet, despite the popularity of these prevariling depictions, there has been minimal effort expended toward systematically observing the political beliefs of the key players in the education reform movement. I gauge the political compass of education reform by administering anonymous political surveys to individuals affiliated with the two largest educational philanthropies and the nation's largest convening of education policy scholars. Overall, I observe that, contrary to both popular competing characterizations of education reform, education reformers-those who receive philanthropic support to execute reform and those who produce education research to guide reform -- overwhelmingly align with the Democratic Party and progressive political positions. The revealed political homogeneity of education reform indicates that it might be fertile terrain for groupthink to flourish. Implications and potential remedies are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01