Positioning Charter Schools in Los Angeles
Diversity of Form and Homogeneity of Effects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11366454 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas L Lauen (0000-0003-0213-6086, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Bruce Fuller (0000-0002-8256-3610, University of California, Berkeley), Luke Dauter (College Track) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 213-239 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6744 • E-ISSN: 1549-6511 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/679391 |
| OpenAlex | W1969246044 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 26 |
The debate over charter school effectiveness relies largely on neoclassical logic: individual parents or students express demand for a widening array of school types and then experience variable levels of organizational quality. We argue that market-like behavior is nested in segments of local organizational fields with different types of charter school operators seeking market niches to reduce resource uncertainties. We first describe the emergence of three legally defined charter types in the Los Angeles Unified School District between 2002 and 2008. We show how these charter segments became stratified, as gauged by demographic attributes and quite different baseline achievement levels. While this structuration could also plausibly condition uneven achievement effects, we find that, in this initial period of charter expansion, all three types failed to raise achievement, compared with the achievement growth trajectories displayed by peers attending regular public schools
Charter · Charter school · Demographic economics · Diversity (politics · Economics · Political science · School choice · Sociology · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Parental Involvement in Education · School Choice and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |