The Making of Neoliberal Citizenship in the United States: Inculcation, Responsibilization, and Personhood in a “No-Excuses” Charter School

2020 ◽  
pp. 211-225
Author(s):  
Garth Stahl
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Charter School ◽  
The United States

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Jennifer Patico
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Charter School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Research Setting ◽  
Neoliberal Capitalism ◽  
The Way

This chapter introduces the argument of the book: that tensions in the way middle-class parents treat children’s food reflect the influence of an underlying ethic that is linked with neoliberal capitalism and that shapes social inequality in the United States. Several literatures and subthemes are introduced, including the politics of parenting in the United States; middle-class aesthetics and anxieties, particularly as these relate to parenting and food; and theories of neoliberalism and its impacts on selfhood and everyday life. In addition, this chapter describes the research setting of the book: “Hometown,” a K–8 charter school and the urban, gentrifying area of Atlanta in which it is located. Finally, the chapter provides an overview of the ethnographic methods used to collect materials for this book, including reflexive discussion of the ethnographer’s positioning.

A Case Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
Verneshia (Necia) Boone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Charter School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
Technology Centers ◽  
Midwest Region ◽  
School Failures ◽  
Harsh Criticism

Since the inception of charter school programs, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has invested more than $3 billion while political leaders and special interest groups continue to express concerns about public charter school providers lacking accountability and delivering poor quality education for our disadvantaged students (2015). In recent years, the DOE continue to offer guidance, revise policies, and federal resources concerning the oversight of public charter schools; however, the harsh criticism surrounding charter school failures across the United States has not diminished (2015). The essence of this journal paper is to present a case study about the female owner's lawsuits and challenges while operating Triumph Management Company and its Duke, Duchess Technology Centers that are located in Midwest Region of the United States.. The author will provide a historical overview and discuss the management structure, leadership styles and other related topics. Discussion questions appear at the end of article.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Ambitions in the Public Sector

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Linda A. Renzulli
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Charter School ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
The North

In this article, I study charter schools as social innovations within the population of established public educational institutions. I begin by briefly outlining the history of public schools in the United States. Organizational theories are applied to explain the perpetuation of the structure of public schools since World War II. Next, I delineate the characteristics of educational reform movements in the United States by focusing on the charter school movement. Then, I use an evolutionary approach to study the environmental characteristics that drive the perceived need for innovation and the promotion of experimentation. Using data compiled from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the Census Bureau, and North Carolina State Data Center, I examine the characteristics of the local environment that promotes the submission of charter school applications in North Carolina over a three-year period, 1996-1998. It is shown that school districts in need of school choice do have a higher mean charter school submission rate. Also, some community characteristics and available resources are important for the initial stage of charter school formation.

scholarly journals Making the Grade: Comparing DC Charter Schools to Other DC Public Schools

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Schneider ◽  
Jack Buckley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
Charter School ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Program ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Educational Alternatives

Across the United States, charter schools have become one of the most frequently used means of increasing choice among educational alternatives. In this article we use data from a recent telephone survey of Washington D.C. parents to evaluate the success of the District’s large and growing charter school program. We find that parents with children in charter schools rate their teachers, principals, facilities and schools higher than their traditional public counterparts. This finding is robust even when controlling for self-selection into charter schools. Based on these empirical results, we argue that the greater satisfaction with charter schools reflected in these differences in grades is not simply the result of the act of choosing.

Characteristics of Effective Military Charter Schools

2021 ◽  
pp. 253-277
Author(s):  
Timothy L. Weekes ◽  
Mark Patrick Ryan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Charter School ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Schools ◽  
Document Review

This chapter examines two public military-themed charter schools that meet researcher-developed minimum thresholds for academic and socioemotional success. Through document review, extensive on-site observations, and comprehensive interviews, the researchers examine the two schools in comparison to a conceptual framework developed almost 20 years ago by one of the researchers. The conceptual framework is predicated on four pillars present to varying degrees in military schools and colleges across the United States – academics, leadership, citizenship, and athletics. Careful analysis of both schools through the lens of all four pillars of the conceptual framework validates the framework as a successful means of evaluating the efficacy of a military-themed charter school.

Triumph Charter School Service Provider

2014 ◽  
pp. 278-287
Author(s):  
Verneshia (Necia) Boone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Charter School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Schools ◽  
Disadvantaged Students ◽  
Policy Makers

Charter schools are perhaps known to many people as community schools that are publicly funded. Educators and policy makers of the United States consider public schools in which tuition for primary and secondary students is free. A few community leaders and public officials have disclosed that selected charter school providers have too much flexibility in how they operate the schools. Perhaps their beliefs are such because most of the charter or community schools are operated under a contract in partnership with a sponsoring entity (Center for Education, 2008). According to educators and political leaders located in the Midwest region of the United States, charter schools were designed to address the current state of educational programs and to introduce an alternative model to traditional public education for economically disadvantaged students. For the last decade, research has shown that the goals and objectives of charter schools and charter school providers and leaders have been a contentious subject matter for United States educators and policy makers (Center for Education, 2008). The reason is perhaps linked to personal beliefs that charter school providers or leaders drain funding from local public school districts and do not offer disadvantaged students a better education. The case study provides an overview about Duke and Duchess Technology Centers as well as Triumph Management Company and their, products and services, competition, management structure, leadership styles, and recent challenges. Questions appear at the end of the case study for students to discuss and debate.

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