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Laboratories of Innovation? A Review of Trends and Case Studies of Specialization in Georgia Charter Schools from 1995 to 2015 / Chad W Mote.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Mote, Chad W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational leadership.
- Education policy.
- Educational Leadership--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Educational Leadership.
- Local Subjects:
- Educational leadership.
- Education policy.
- Educational Leadership--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Educational Leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 pages)
- Distribution:
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2022
- Contained In:
- Dissertations Abstracts International 84-02A.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This dissertation explores a type of innovation that occurs when charter schools specialize missions within the public education marketplace to offer a particular theme, educational approach, or target a specific student population. Focusing on the Georgia charter school sector from 1995-2015, I ask two questions: What is the pattern of innovation? How do founders view their roles as innovators? Quantitative methods model the pattern of innovation. Qualitative methods document five innovative cases from the perspective of the founders who created them. This study finds increasing innovation in specialist charter schools in the types of new missions offered and in how these missions diversified in the state. The results also show a countertrend in the rise of general missions in a type of district charter school made possible by state law. Finally, I document an innovative specialist that emerges as a new organizational form. This research applies to leaders interested in the charter method of reform as a vehicle for innovation and contributes to the debate in education on the ability of charter schools to serve as laboratories of innovation.
- Notes:
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-02, Section: A.
- Advisors: Quinn, Rand; Committee members: Kafai, Yasmin; Ball, Earl.
- Department: Educational Leadership.
- Ed.D. University of Pennsylvania 2022.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175
- ISBN:
- 9798845408112
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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