An Institutional Theory Analysis of Charter Schools

Addressing Institutional Challenges to Scale

Bibliographic Data

ID11258994
AuthorsLuis A Huerta, Luis Huerta (0000-0002-4756-3789, Columbia University, corresponding author), Andrew Zuckerman, Andrew Michael Zuckerman (Columbia University)
Year2009
Volume84
Issue3
Pages414-431
Publication date2009-08-07
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePeabody Journal of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0161-956X • E-ISSN: 1532-7930
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01619560902973621
OpenAlexW2095563210
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited31

This article presents a conceptual framework derived from institutional theory in sociology that offers two competing policy contexts in which charter schools operate—a bureaucratic frame versus a decentralized frame. An analysis of evolving charter school types based on three underlying theories of action is considered. As charter school leaders pursue new and different forms of schooling, they are challenged by well-established bureaucratic rules and norms that define what it means to be a legitimate school. Microlevel institution-building efforts, however, may represent viable alternatives to the institutional order of public education as charter school leaders attempt to achieve scale

Bureaucracy · Charter · Charter school · Economics · Frame (networking · Institution · Institutional theory · Management · Order (exchange · Organizational theory · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Scale (ratio · Social science · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Law · Public Administration · School Choice and Performance

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