Issues in Education: Portfolio Management Districts and Rebuilding Inequality

Kirylo, James D.; Thirumurthy, Vidya; Beabout, Brian R.

doi:10.1080/00094056.2011.10523212

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“…Distinct local and state contexts accounted for these differences in process and emergent models, and highlight the important ways in which the interaction of triggers and context (including state policy, labor relations, leadership, enrollment, and district size) may shape governance reform. Finally, consistent with prior studies (Buras, 2014; Dixson et al, 2015; Kirylo et al, 2011), the experiences in the three cases indicate that governance change can provoke pervasive tensions related to race and power.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…In some cases, local actors have ''pulled in'' outsiders from the national network of choice advocates mentioned above, while in other cities, those more national entities have ''pushed in'' to local decision-making (Bulkley & Henig, 2015). Local actors-including teachers and their associations-have at times pushed back, arguing that PMM reforms create or exacerbate racial inequities within school systems (Buras, 2014;Dixson et al, 2015;Kirylo et al, 2011;Welsh & Hall, 2018).…”

Section: Empirical Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Process and Politics of Educational Governance Change in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Denver

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Allbright

Brown

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American Educational Research Journal

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In recent years, some U.S. school districts have shifted away from direct management of schools, toward systems in which some or all schools operate under enhanced autonomy, accountability, and parental choice. Yet dynamics driving these changes are understudied, and there are few comparative studies of system-level governance shifts. To address these gaps, we use extensive qualitative data to analyze change in Los Angeles, Denver, and New Orleans. Drawing on evolutionary theories, we find that external crises, state policy, and new actors triggered change, yet distinct contexts and change processes resulted in markedly different systems. Finally, in all three cities, concerns that emerging systems exacerbated long-standing inequities indicate that governance change is both an organizational and highly contentious political process.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%