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Andrew Wilkins; Brad Gobby – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2024
Across the globe school autonomy reforms have been criticised for opening up public assets to various dangers or risks, from misappropriation of public monies by private sponsors to secretive governance structures maintained by homophilic groups. While these risks are not the exclusive product of school autonomy reforms, they are an endemic…
Descriptors: Governance, School Administration, Institutional Autonomy, Educational Change
Galey-Horn, Sarah; Ferrare, Joseph J. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
In recent years, education policy scholars have begun to utilize social network concepts and methods to describe contemporary policy changes across P-16 levels. While many insights have emerged from this growing literature base, we argue that a more formal network approach rooted in policy network analysis (PNA) is needed to fulfill its conceptual…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Network Analysis, Ideology, Educational Change
Quillen, Cassandra – Education Commission of the States, 2020
This special report looks at how arts-based charter schools in the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Maryland and North Carolina provide access to arts education and integrate the arts schoolwide across curricula, community engagement and teacher professional development.
Descriptors: Art Education, Charter Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach, School Community Relationship
Henry, Kevin Lawrence, Jr. – Educational Policy, 2021
Charter schools because of their entanglements with privatization remain one of the most publicly contested and controversial educational reform initiatives. Charter schools, in theory, are to balance autonomy and accountability in order to provide students with innovative learning environments and increased achievement on traditional academic…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Natural Disasters, Critical Theory, Race
Burris, Carol – Network for Public Education, 2022
In 2018, the Network for Public Education and the Schott Foundation issued a report entitled "Grading the States." That report examined America's commitment to democracy by grading each state and the District of Columbia on the number of publicly-funded but privately-governed educational "choice" programs it had and whether…
Descriptors: Democracy, School Choice, Governance, Public Schools
Van Beek, Michael; DeGrow, Ben – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2020
This paper offers a critical review of a report published in March by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan titled "Improving Oversight of Michigan Charter Schools and Their Authorizers." The report argues that charter schools and charter school authorizers need more oversight. Making the case for this position might include…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Generalization
Torres, A. Chris; Bulkley, Katrina; Kim, Taeyeon – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2020
Purpose: This study examines how district governance and different school contexts in Denver's portfolio management model affect shared leadership for learning. We define this as shared influence on instructional leadership and school-wide decision making, which research suggests have strong ties to student achievement and teacher commitment.…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Models, Instructional Leadership, Participative Decision Making
Cassidy Syftestad Klutts – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Classical and Christian education has proliferated across education sectors over the last decade. As a result, school leaders must implement these timeless philosophies of education and navigate such high demand. This dissertation seeks to equip relevant parties with research about what drives their skyrocketing enrollment and how to support…
Descriptors: Governance, Christianity, Religious Schools, Educational Philosophy
Research for Action, 2019
Providing high-quality and equitable learning opportunities should be a primary goal of all schools and school systems. Charter schools comprise the most steadily growing sector of Pennsylvania's public education system, now home to over 160 brick-and-mortar charter schools. As with all public schools--given the right conditions--the charter…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Best Practices
Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Manno, Bruno V.; Wright, Brandon L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
With 25 years of experience, the charter sector has had enough time to experience a host of unanticipated and unresolved problems related to the complex ways in which charter school governance relates to school leadership. The time has come for the sector to revisit some fundamental decisions about how charter schools and networks are governed,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Governance, Educational Administration, Administrator Role
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2019
The Wisconsin Department for Public Instruction (DPI) is required to submit this report to the Legislature regarding the status of existing charter schools, the number of petitions for new charter schools, and the action taken by school boards and the DPI on petitions for new charter schools. This report offers the results of new charter school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Decision Making, School Districts, School Administration
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2019
The Wisconsin Department for Public Instruction (DPI) is required to submit this report to the Legislature regarding the status of existing charter schools, the number of petitions for new charter schools, and the action taken by school boards and the DPI on petitions for new charter schools. This report documents two distinct levels of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Decision Making, School Districts, School Administration
Reed, Sherrie – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2019
California has seen recent policy changes, including the adoption of new standards, revised funding formulas and updated accountability mechanisms, all aimed at increasing equity and improving student outcomes. Yet, challenges in serving students with disabilities persist for many school districts. Solutions to these challenges compel additional…
Descriptors: Special Education, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Student Needs
Osborne, David; Langhorne, Emily – Progressive Policy Institute, 2018
Over the past 15 years, cities across the country have experienced rapid growth in the number of public charter schools serving their students. When implemented with fidelity, the charter formula -- autonomy, choice, diversity of school designs, and real accountability -- produces continuous improvements in school quality, with impressive student…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Public Schools, Charter Schools
Asadolahi, Salar; Farney, James; Triadafilopoulos, Triadafilos; White, Linda A. – Comparative Education, 2022
Across OECD countries, education choice is proliferating as parents seek and governments permit choice both inside and outside public education systems. The movement of students out of the common public school, however, varies significantly across jurisdictions and sociodemographic characteristics such as race and class. This variation in…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Policy, Feedback (Response), Outcomes of Education