Coping With Competition: The impact of Charter Schooling on Public School Outreach in Arizona |
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| Authors: | Frederick M Hess Robert A Maranto Scott Milliman |
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| Institution: | assistant professor of government and education at the University of Virginia. He holds an M.Ed. in Education and a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University. His books include Revolution at the Margins: The Impact of Competition on Urban School Systems, Spinning Wheels: The Politics of Urban School Reform;and Bringing the Social Sciences Alive. teaches public administration at Villanova University. His works on civil service reform and school reform have appeared in journals including the American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly;, and Administration and Society. He co-edited School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools. associate professor of economics at James Madison University. He is co-editor of School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools;and has published articles on charter schooling in journals including Phi Delta Kappan and Teachers College Record. |
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| Abstract: | Advocates of market-based education reform hypothesize that competition will cause traditional public schools to increase outreach efforts as they seek to market themselves. Advocates hope such efforts will result in more information on school activities and performance and thereby enhance accountability. We examine the effect of charter school competition on outreach efforts by a sample of 98 Arizona district schools, finding that charter competition is associated with a short-term increase in outreach. Organizational structure influenced school response, with more decentralized district schools responding more readily to charter competition. Competition modestly increased information regarding schooling in the short run, although long-term implications are less clear. |
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