Does Charter Status Determine Preferences? Comparing the Hiring Preferences of Charter and Traditional Public School Principals

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa Cannata ◽  
Mimi Engel
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Charter School ◽  
School Principals ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Teacher Hiring ◽  
Public School Principals ◽  
Charter School Principals ◽  
Traditional Public Schools ◽  
Traditional Public School

The academic success of any school depends on its teachers. However, relatively little research exists on the qualities principals value in teacher hiring, and we know almost nothing about charter school principals’ preferences. This article addresses this gap in the literature using survey results for a matched sample of charter and traditional public school principals. We compare regression-adjusted survey responses of charter and traditional public school principals to examine whether charter school principals report placing more emphasis on teacher hiring than principals in traditional public schools and whether principals’ preferences for teacher qualifications and characteristics vary between charter and traditional public schools. While we find some mean differences in principals’ reported hiring focus and preferences across charter and traditional public schools, regression results indicate that these differences are driven not by charter status but by school characteristics, such as average teacher experience and school enrollment.

The Uncharted Nature of Licensure Requirements for Charter School Principals: Implications and Possibilities for Policy Action

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-27
Author(s):  
Samantha Hedges ◽  
Anne-Maree Ruddy ◽  
Lori Boyland ◽  
Jeff Swensson ◽  
Jenna Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Charter Schools ◽  
Charter School ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Public School Principals ◽  
Charter School Principals ◽  
Traditional Public School ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
Licensure Requirements

The authors drew upon state policy documents and other public sources to review licensure requirements for charter school principals. The results indicate that few states have adopted licensure requirements for charter school principals compared with traditional public school principals, and many exempt charter school principals from licensure altogether. They found that training and support for charter school principals is available, but is concentrated in the states with the highest number of charter schools. These findings have significant implications for policy makers, charter school advocates, and authorizers. These implications are discussed and related to the existing literature regarding principal preparation and licensure.

scholarly journals Do charter schools receive their fair share of funding? School finance equity for charter and traditional public schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
David S. Knight ◽  
Laurence A. Toenjes
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
Charter School ◽  
School Finance ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Traditional Public Schools ◽  
Traditional Public School ◽  
Finance Policy ◽  
Cost Factors

U.S. charter schools are publicly funded through state school finance formulas that often mirror the traditional public school finance systems. While charter school advocates and critics disagree over whether charters receive an equitable share of funding, few discussions are based on rigorous analyses of funding and expenditures. Most prior analyses, especially those presented in policy briefs or white papers, examine average funding differences without exploring underlying cost factors between the two sectors. Our purpose is to demonstrate how careful analysis of charter school funding with appropriate methodological approaches can shed light on disagreements about charter school finance policy. Using detailed school finance data from Texas as a case study, we find that after accounting for differences in accounting structures and cost factors, charter schools receive significantly more state and local funding compared to traditional public schools with similar structural characteristics and student demographics. However, many small charter schools are actually underfunded relative to their traditional public school counterparts. Policy simulations demonstrate that on average, each student who transfers to a charter school increases the cost to the state by $1,500. We discuss the implications of these findings for both school finance policy in Texas and nationally. 

scholarly journals Perception is Reality: Teachers' Perceptions of the Presence of Servant Leadership Characteristics in Public School Principals and its Influence on Teachers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Johnnie Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Leadership Characteristics ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Public School Principals ◽  
Teachers Perceptions

This phenomenological study explored teachers’ perceptions of the presence of servant leadership characteristics in their school principals and how the principals’ use of servant leadership characteristics influenced teachers. The primary phenomenon was the teachers’ perceptions of their principals’ use of servant leadership characteristics based on their direct personal experiences with the principals and the intrinsic and extrinsic influence on their behavior. A nonrandom sample of 16 public school teachers from Grades 1 through 12 from three similar districts in a southern California county was recruited. The elementary, middle, and high school teachers participated in one-on-one semi structured interviews. The data from the 16 oral interviews indicated that principals’ use of servant leadership characteristics, as perceived by the teachers, intrinsically and extrinsically influenced the teachers. The interviews generated seven themes regarding perceptions held by the teachers regarding their principals’ use of servant leadership characteristics. When principals in public schools exhibit servant leadership characteristics, teacher satisfaction and retention are impacted. Therefore, consideration must be made for use of servant leadership as a framework and model for teachers’ perceptions of their principals’ use of servant leadership and how those perceptions influence teachers.

Desert Bloom?: Lessons from Two Decades of Arizona Charter Schooling

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Robert Maranto ◽  
Alexandra Vasile
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
State Level ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Parent Empowerment ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Modest Improvement ◽  
Traditional Public Schools

For decades, scholars and politicians have debated the likely impacts of school choice. Yet few have studied the nation's largest state-level charter school market, Arizona, whose 20-year-old charter sector accounts for about 17% of Arizona public school enrollment. This article summarizes the extant literature on this market, some 23 studies, supplemented with original fieldwork to derive tentative lessons for social scientists and policymakers. While the charter sector seems to have promoted innovation, teacher and parent empowerment, and modest improvement in traditional public schools, findings regarding student learning and segregation are less clear.

scholarly journals The degree of the practice of the principals of public schools in the governorate of Mafraq for electronic management:  درجة ممارسة مديري المدارس الحكومية في محافظة المفرق للإدارة الإلكترونية

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (28) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atef Falih Manizel Al-Jassar
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Public School Principals ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Study Questionnaire

  The study aimed at revealing the degree of practice of public school principals in Al-Mafraq governorate for electronic management. The researcher used the descriptive approach. To achieve the objective of the study, the researcher built a tool for the study "questionnaire. " The questionnaire was distributed to 128 managers and managers. The degree of practicing public school principals in Mafraq governorate for electronic management is high and with an average of (3. 80). Also, there were statistically significant differences at the level of (α 0. 05 0. 05) in the degree of practice of the principals in Mafraq governorate for electronic management. In light of the results, a number of recommendations and proposals were presented.  

scholarly journals The Role of public school principals in developing students' awareness of environmental education in Ajloun Governorate: دور مديري المدارس الحكومية في تنمية وعي الطلبة بالتربية البيئية في لواء دير علا محافظة السلط بالأردن

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (27) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raeda Hussein Mohammed Sous
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Public School Principals ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Level Of Significance

    The study aimed at revealing the role of the principals of public schools in developing students' awareness of environmental education in Ajloun Governorate. The researcher used the descriptive approach. To achieve the goal of the study، the researcher constructed a questionnaire and distributed it to a random sample of 168 managers and directors. The role of public school principals in developing students' awareness of environmental education in Ajloun Governorate is estimated at (high)، with an average of 3.67 (5). In terms of the dimensions of the study، the following is the cognitive field، with an average of (3.79). (3.88)، and the affective area with an average of (4.14)، all of which are rated (high). The results also showed no significant differences at the level of significance between the role of government principals in developing students' Ajloun Governorate، due to gender variable. In the light of the results، a number of recommendations and proposals were presented to raise the role of managers in developing students' awareness of environmental education   ، ، 

scholarly journals Closed Schools, Open Markets: A Hot Spot Spatial Analysis of School Closures and Charter Openings in Detroit

AERA Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 233285841985009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrance L. Green ◽  
Joanna D. Sánchez ◽  
Andrene J. Castro
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
Charter School ◽  
Hot Spots ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Traditional Public School ◽  
Spatially Distributed

The purpose of this study is to use geographic information systems to map the spatial distribution of traditional public school closures and the opening of charter schools in Detroit. To achieve this purpose, we examine the following research questions: (a) How are traditional public school closures and the opening of charter schools spatially distributed throughout neighborhoods in Detroit during three education policy eras? (b) How, if at all, might these schools’ spatial patterns cluster in certain neighborhoods to create hot spots of traditional public school closures and/or charter school openings? As such, this descriptive study uses hot spot geospatial analysis to identify whether the spatial occurrence of traditional public school closures and charter school openings is randomly distributed or if it occurs in statistically significant spatial clusters. Rollback and rollout neoliberalism is used to theoretically frame the study and guide the analysis. Findings suggest that charter school openings occur more often in hot spots or concentrated ways than the closure of traditional public schools in Detroit. We conclude with implications for future research.

scholarly journals School Choice in Indianapolis: Effects of Charter, Magnet, Private, and Traditional Public Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Berends ◽  
R. Joseph Waddington
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
School Type ◽  
Traditional Public Schools ◽  
Traditional Public School

School choice researchers are often limited to comparing one type of choice with another (e.g., charter schools vs. traditional public schools). One area researchers have not examined is the effects of different school types within the same urban region. We fill this gap by analyzing longitudinal data for students (grades 3–8) in Indianapolis, using student fixed effects models to estimate the impacts of students switching from a traditional public school to a charter, magnet, Catholic, or other private school. We find that students experience no differences in their achievement gains after transferring from a traditional public school to a charter school. However, students switching to magnet schools experience modest annual losses of −0.09 standard deviation (SD) in mathematics and −0.11 SD in English Language Arts. Students switching to Catholic schools also experience annual losses of −0.18 SD in mathematics. These findings are robust to a series of alternative model specifications. Additionally, we find some variability in the mean school type impacts by students’ race/ethnicity, English language learner status, and number of years enrolled in a choice school. We discuss our results in the context of the variability of choice school effects across an entire urban area, something future research needs to examine.

scholarly journals Ethnic Segregation in Arizona Charter Schools

1999 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey D. Cobb ◽  
Gene V Glass
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethnic Segregation ◽  
Ethnic Stratification ◽  
Traditional Public Schools ◽  
Traditional Public School ◽  
Populated Region

Among the criticisms of charter schools is their potential to further stratify schools along ethnic and class lines. This study addressed whether Arizona charter schools are more ethnically segregated than traditional public schools. In 1996-97, Arizona had nearly one in four of all charter schools in the United States. The analysis involved a series of comparisons between the ethnic compositions of adjacent charter and public schools in Arizona's most populated region and its rural towns. This methodology differed from the approach of many evaluations of charter schools and ethnic stratification in that it incorporated the use of geographic maps to compare schools' ethnic make-ups. The ethnic compositions of 55 urban and 57 rural charter schools were inspected relative to their traditional public school neighbors.

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