Policy Expansion of School Choice in the American States

Autor/inn/en	Wong, Kenneth K.; Langevin, Warren E.
Titel	Policy Expansion of School Choice in the American States
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 82 (2007) 2-3, S.440-472 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; School Choice; School Law; Current Events; History; Evaluation Methods; Politics of Education; Educational Finance; Court Litigation; Minority Groups; Legislators; Private Schools; Charter Schools; Social Sciences; Multivariate Analysis; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht; Aktualität; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Educational policy; Bildungsfonds; Rechtsstreit; Ethnische Minderheit; Private school; Privatschule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Multivariate Analyse; USA
Abstract	This research study explores the policy expansion of school choice within the methodological approach of event history analysis. The first section provides a comparative overview of state adoption of public school choice laws. After creating a statistical portrait of the contemporary landscape for school choice, the authors introduce event history analysis as a methodological solution to the problem of measuring policy expansion. Building on previous studies in the social science literature, we proceed to discuss political, economic, and social factors related to the passage of charter school laws. A multivariate analysis finds state adoption is significantly related to partisan gubernatorial control, classroom spending, private schools, education finance litigation, and minority representation. The final section discusses the empirical results in the modern policy environment and proposes future directions for comparative state research. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10