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Section 2: Case Studies of the Politics of Privatization: Bringing the Private into the Public--Changing the Rules of the Game and New Regime Politics in Philadelphia Public Education
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Bulkley, Katrina E. – Educational Policy, 2007
Substantial policy and political changes have resulted from a 2001 state takeover of the Philadelphia School District and the subsequent hiring of Paul Vallas as the district's new CEO. Using the lens of urban regime analysis, which emphasizes the importance of public and private actors in forming a governing coalition, this article analyzes the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Privatization, Educational Research, Politics of Education
Only One Oar in the Water: The Political Failure of School Desegregation in Yonkers, New York.
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Failer, Judith L.; And Others – Educational Policy, 1993
Political efforts to desegregate schools fail when political opposition interacts with an institutional structure that ambiguously divides educational authority. Both factors explain failure of Yonkers, New York, to desegregate its schools during the 1960s and 1970s. This article cautions against abandoning school desegregation efforts and demands…
Descriptors: Desegregation Plans, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure